Aethiolas Explained

In Greek mythology, Aethiolas or Aithiolas was a Spartan prince as the son of King Menelaus and his wife Helen or a concubine. He and his brother Nicostratus were worshipped by the Lacedaemonians.^{[1] [2] [3]} Aethiolas's possible sister was Hermione,^[4] consort of Neoptolemus and later of Orestes.

Notes

1. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
2. Book: [[Timothy Gantz|Gantz, Timothy]]. Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Ancient Sources. The Johns Hopkins University Press. 1993. 0-8018-4410-X. The Johns Hopkins Press Ltd., London. 573.
3. Book: [[Pierre Grimal|Grimal, Pierre]]. The Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Blackwell. 1996. 978-0-631-20102-1. 268–269.
4. Homer, Odyssey 4.11–14

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.
• Gantz, Timothy, Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, Two volumes: (Vol. 1), (Vol. 2).
• Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996.
• Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.