Evenus (mythology)
Evenus (/ɪˈviːnəs/; Ancient Greek: Εύηνος Eúēnos) is the name of several characters in Greek mythology.
- Evenus, a river god[1] or a son of Ares.[2]
- Evenus, father of Lysithea who bore Helenus to Zeus.[3]
- Evenus, king of Lyrnessus and son of Selepus. His two sons, Mynes and Epistrophus, were killed by Achilles when he had raided the place.[4]
Notes
- ^ Hesiod, Theogony 337
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.7.8
- ^ Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10, p. 123, ll. 46-47
- ^ Homer, Iliad 2
References
- 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.
- Hesiod, Theogony 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.
- Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.