Atamant [4] or Afamant or Atamas [5] ( dr. Greek Ἀθάμας ) - in ancient Greek mythology [4] [6] the king of Orchomen in Boeotia , or the king of Thessaly (in Eripides's "Frix 1").
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Son of Aeolus [7] and Enareth. From the goddess Nefela , he gave birth to the children of Frix and Gella , from Ino - the children of Learch and Melikert , from Themisto - the children of Levkon, Eritrius, Scheheny , Ptoy [8] (or Sphinius and Orchomen [9] ).
He killed Learch when Hera sent madness to Afamant for taking up Dionysus . Exiled from Boeotia and settled in a land called Atamantium. In Boeotia, the Afamantine Field was shown [10] .
King of Orkhomen Andrey allocated him the region of Koronei and Galiart. He adopted his grand-nephews Galiart and Koron [11] . He founded the city of Alos (Gal) in Fthiotida [12] .
He offered himself as a sacrifice to Zeus [13] . The Achaeans were about to stab him as a ransom sacrifice, but Kitissor saved him and brought the wrath of God to his descendants who lived in Alos [14] .
The protagonist of Aeschylus’s tragedy “Afamant, or Frix” (fr. 1-4a Radt) and two tragedies of Sophocles “Afamant” (fr. 4-6 Radt), two tragedies of Euripides “Frix”, the satire drama of Xenocle the Elder “Afamant”, tragedies Astidamant the Younger, an unknown author, Ennius and the Afamant Action, two comedies about Afamant [15] .
The name of Afamanta is associated with the people of the Afamans - “barbarians”, who eventually adopted Greek culture.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Lubker F. Athamas // The Real Dictionary of Classical Antiquities according to Lubker / ed. F.F. Zelinsky , L.A. Georgievsky , M.S. Kutorg , etc. - St. Petersburg. : Society of Classical Philology and Pedagogy , 1885. - P. 176.
- ↑ Lubker F. Aeolus // The Real Dictionary of Classical Antiquities by Lubker / Ed. F.F. Zelinsky , L.A. Georgievsky , M.S. Kutorg , etc. - St. Petersburg. : Society of Classical Philology and Pedagogy , 1885. - P. 33–34.
- ↑ N.O. Frix // Encyclopedic Dictionary - St. Petersburg. : Brockhaus - Efron , 1902. - T. XXXVIa. - S. 800.
- ↑ 1 2 Athamas // The Real Dictionary of Classical Antiquities / ed. F. Lubker ; Edited by members of the Society of Classical Philology and Pedagogy F. Gelbke , L. Georgievsky , F. Zelinsky , V. Kansky , M. Kutorgi and P. Nikitin . - SPb. , 1885.
- ↑ Atamas // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ Myths of the peoples of the world . Encyclopedia. In 2 volumes / Ed. Tokarev, S.A. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1991–92. - T. 1. - S. 125.
- ↑ Hesiod . List of women, fr. 10, Art. 26 M.—U.
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus . Mythological library I 7, 3; 9, 1-2; III 4, 2-3
- ↑ Gigin . Myths, 1.
- ↑ Pausanias . Description of Hellas IX 24, 1
- ↑ Pausanias . Description of Hellas IX 34, 7
- ↑ Strabo . Geography IX 5, 8 (p. 433)
- ↑ Aristophanes . Clouds 257, according to Sophocles
- ↑ Herodotus . History VII 197
- ↑ Commentary by D.O. Torshilov in the book. Gigin. The main heroic myths; "Epic cycle" // Myths / Transl. D.O. Torshilova under the general. ed. A.A. Tahoe-Godi . - 2nd ed., Rev. - SPb. : Aletheia, 2000 .-- S. 10 .-- 400 p. - (“Antique Library.” Section “Antique History”). - ISBN 5-89329-198-0 .
Literature
- Atamas // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890. - T. II. - S. 412.