Ceyx of Trachis

Not to be confused with Ceyx, another figure in Greek mythology, husband of Alcyone.

In Greek mythology, Ceyx (/ˈsiːɪks/; Ancient Greek: Κήυξ, romanized: Kḗux, lit. 'gannet') was a king of Trachis in Thessaly.[1]

Family

In some accounts, Ceyx was Amphitryon's nephew, with Heracles building Trachis for him.[2] He was the father of Hippasus, alternatively of Hylas[3] and lastly, of Themistonoe, who married King Cycnus.[4] Muller supposes that the marriage of Ceyx and his connection with Heracles were the subjects of ancient poems.[5]

Mythology

Ceyx received Heracles[6] and Heracles's sons later fled to him.[7] He befriended Heracles and offered him protection against King Eurystheus. His son Hippasus accompanied Heracles on his campaign against King Eurytus of Oechalia, during which Hippasus was slain in battle.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ Apollodorus, 2.7.6
  2. ^ D'Alessio 2005, pp. 183–5, 192–5.
  3. ^ Scholia ad Theocritus, Idylls 13.7; Antoninus Liberalis, 26
  4. ^ Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 472-479
  5. ^ Dor. ii. 11. § 3, comp. i. 3. § 5
  6. ^ Pausanias 1.32.6, Apollodorus, 2.7.6-7
  7. ^ Apollodorus, 2.7.8
  8. ^ Apollodorus, 2.7.7

References

  • Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
  • Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
  • D'Alessio, G.B. (2005), "The Megalai Ehoiai: A Survey of the Fragments", in R. Hunter (ed.), The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women: Constructions and Reconstructions, Cambridge, pp. 176–216, ISBN 0-521-83684-0{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Hesiod, Shield of Heracles from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
  • Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
  • Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Ceyx". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

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