In Greek mythology, Olynthus (Ancient Greek: Ὄλυνθος) was a son of Heracles and Bolbe, from whom the ancient city of Olynthus, and the river Olynthus near Apollonia, were believed to have received their name according to Athenaeus.[1] According to Conon[2] and Stephanus of Byzantium,[3] Olynthus was son of king Strymon, and brother of Brangas and Rhesus.[2]
| Olynthus | |
|---|---|
Founder of Olynthus | |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | Strymon (Eioneus) and Euterpe/Calliope/Terpsichore or Heracles and Bolbe |
| Siblings | Rhesus, Brangas, Sete |
Mythology
editAfter Olynthus was killed during the chase by a lion, his brother Brangas buried him on the spot where he had fallen, and called the town which he subsequently built there Olynthus.
Notes
edit- ^ Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 8 p. 334
- ^ a b Conon, 4
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Olynthus
References
edit- Athenaeus of Naucratis, The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1854. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Athenaeus of Naucratis, Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Conon, Fifty Narrations, surviving as one-paragraph summaries in the Bibliotheca (Library) of Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople translated from the Greek by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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