Aethalides (Argonaut) Explained

In Greek mythology, Aethalides (;^[1] Ancient Greek: Αἰθαλίδης) was one of the Argonauts together with his paternal step-brothers Erytus and Echion.^[2] He was a son of Hermes and Eupolemeia, a daughter of King Myrmidon of Phthia.^[3] Aethalides was born near the streams of Amphrysus.^[4]

Mythology

Aethalides was the herald of the Argonauts,^[5] and had received from his father the faculty of remembering everything, even in Hades. He was further allowed to reside alternately in the upper and in the lower world. As his soul could not forget anything even after death, it remembered that from the body of Aethalides it had successively migrated into those of Euphorbus, Hermotimus, Pyrrhus, and at last into that of Pythagoras, in whom it still retained the recollection of its former migrations.^[6]

References

• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at theio.com.
• Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonauticon. Otto Kramer. Leipzig. Teubner. 1913. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• The Orphic Argonautica, translated by Jason Colavito. © Copyright 2011. Online version at the Topos Text Project.

Notes and References

1. Book: Avery. Catherine B.. The New Century handbook of Greek mythology and legend. 1972. Appleton-Century-Crofts. 27. 9780390669469. 8 April 2018.
2. [Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]
3. Apollonius Rhodius, 1.54-55; Orphic Argonautica 131; Hyginus, Fabulae 14
4. Apollonius Rhodius, 1.54
5. Apollonius Rhodius, 640; Valerius Flaccus, 1.437
6. [Diogenes Laërtius]