Fenodamant ( ancient Greek Φοινοδάμας , or Hippot ) - in Greek mythology, a notable Trojan whose daughter fell into Sicily and became the mother of Akesta . The tradition was first set forth by Likofron , the narration of Servius and Tsetz about him differ in details and call different names [1] .
According to Lycophron [2] and the story of Tzetz, Fenodamant had three daughters. When Poseidon , angry with the king Laomedonta , sent a sea monster to Troy, the king wanted to sacrifice one of the daughters of Fenodamant to Poseidon; ). In anger, Laomedont killed Fenodamant and his sons, and sent his daughters aboard a ship, ordering them to leave for wild beasts. The sailors landed them in the land of the Lestrigons (that is, on the coast of Sicily), where they built the sanctuary of Aphrodite, and Egesta gave birth to the river god Cremeys, who took the form of a dog, a son. [3] Dionysius of Halicarnassus does not at all mention the name of the father of the daughters, but mentions that Laomedon put to death on some charges against him and his sons, and he gave the daughters to the merchants, and the young Trojan was the husband of Egesta [4] .
According to Servius , the Hippot Trojan sent his daughter to Sicily in order not to sacrifice her to the sea monster instead of Hesiona (the dispute with Laomedont arose from the obscure oracle of Apollo ), and she gave birth to a son from Crimson [5] .
Therefore Virgil calls Akest “a Trojan by blood ” [6] , and he is credited with building the temple of Venus [7] .
Sources
- ↑ at Lykofron and Tsets - Fenodamant and his three daughters, at Servius - Hippot and his only daughter
- ↑ Lycophron. Alexander 471-473, 951-962
- ↑ Tsetse. Commentary on the “Alexandra” Likofron 471, 953.
- ↑ Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Roman antiquities I 52, 2-3
- ↑ Serviy. Commentary on the Aeneid of Virgil I. 550; V. 30; The First Vatican Mythograph II 35, 3; Roscher's lexicon ; Losev A.F. The mythology of the Greeks and Romans. M., 1996. P.420
- ↑ Virgil. Aeneid I. 550. V 30; 62-63; 711
- ↑ Virgil. Aeneid V 759
- Roscher's lexicon . T.1. Stlb 2692. V. 3. Stlb 2409.