Androgey ( dr. Greek Ἀνδρόγεως ) - in ancient Greek mythology [3] - the son of Minos and Pasiphai [4] , father of Alkey and Sfenel , Heracles' companions. There are several versions of his death, which agree that the Athenians had to send several young men and women to the Minotaur as a punishment for it until he was killed by Theseus .
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According to one version, Androgey, having arrived in Attica, won the Panathenaic competitions. Aegeus sent him to hunt for the Marathon bull , and the bull killed him [5] . According to another version, Androgey went to Thebes to participate in competitions in honor of Laius and was killed there by envious participants from the ambush [6] Or Androgei made friends with the sons of Pallant in Athens, and Aegeus decided to destroy him. When Androgey went to Thebes, at Enoah in Attica, the locals killed him on the orders of Aegeus [7] . Or killed in a battle during the Minos war with the Athenians [8] . Or killed by the Athenians and Megarians [9] .
He was also called Eurigius [10] . According to the version, Asclepius was resurrected [11] . He stood the altar in Falera [12] . In Faler, the hero of the tailwind was revered [13] . In his honor, games were organized in Ceramics [14] .
The Androgeus line on the satellite of Jupiter Europe is named in his honor.
Notes
- ↑ Lubker F. Androgeos // 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. 88–89.
- ↑ Lubker F. Minos // 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. - S. 873.
- ↑ Myths of the peoples of the world . M., 1991-92. In 2 t. T. 1. S.81; Lubker F. The Real Dictionary of Classical Antiquities . M., 2001. In 3 vol. T. 1. P.106; Pseudo-Apollodorus. Mythological library II 5, 9 onwards
- ↑ Diodorus of Sicily. Historical Library IV 60, 4
- ↑ Pausanias. Description of Hellas I 27, 10
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Mythological library III 15, 7
- ↑ Diodorus of Sicily. Historical Library IV 60, 5
- ↑ Gigin. Myths 41
- ↑ First Vatican mythograph I 43, 5
- ↑ Hesiod. The list of women, fr. 146 M.-U.
- ↑ Propercium. Elegy II 1, 61
- ↑ Pausanias. Description of Hellas I 1, 4
- ↑ Clement. Protreptik 40, 2, maybe it's Faler
- ↑ Commentary by O. Tsybenko in the book. Hesiod. Complete collection of texts. M., 2001. P.232