Iasus Explained

In Greek mythology, Iasus (; Ancient Greek: Ἴασος) or Iasius (; Ἰάσιος) was the name of several people:

• Iasus (Iasius), one of the Dactyli^[1] or Curetes.^[2]
• Iasus, king of Argos.^[3]
• Iasus, son of Io^[4]
• Iasius (Iasion^[5]), son of Eleuther and brother of Pierus. He was the father of Chaeresilaus^[6] and Astreis.^[7]
• Iasius, another name of Iasion.^[8]
• Iasus (Iasius), the Arcadian father of Atalanta^[9] by Clymene, daughter of Minyas; he was the son of King Lycurgus of Arcadia by either Eurynome or Cleophyle. His brothers were Ancaeus, Epochus and Amphidamas.^{[10] [11]}
• Iasus (Iasius), father of King Amphion of Orchomenus. The latter married Persephone, daughter of Minyas,^[12] and fathered Chloris and Phylomache who both married the twins, Neleus^[13] and Pelias,^[14] respectively. This Iasius is likely the same with the above Iasus.
• Iasus, father of Nepeia, who married King Olympus and gave her name to the plain of Nepeia near Cyzicus.^[15]
• Iasius, winner of the horse-racing contest at the Olympic games held by Heracles.^[16]
• Iasus, father of Phaedimus. His son was killed by Amyntas in the war of the Seven against Thebes.^[17]
• Iasus, son of Sphelus (himself son of Bucolus), leader of the Athenians, was killed by Aeneas in the Trojan War.^[18]
• Iasus, king of Cyprus, father of Dmetor. In the Odyssey, he appears in a story told (and made up) by Odysseus.^[19]
• Iasus, father of Palinurus^[20] and Iapis.^[21]

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. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Callimachus, Callimachus and Lycophron with an English translation by A. W. Mair ; Aratus, with an English translation by G. R. Mair, London: W. Heinemann, New York: G. P. Putnam 1921. Internet Archive
• Callimachus, Works. A.W. Mair. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1921. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Gaius Julius 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.
• Hesiod, Catalogue of Women from Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. Online version at theio.com
• 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. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• 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.
• 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. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid. Vol I-II. John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Book: Bulfinch , Thomas . 1979 . Bulfinch's Mythology . Stories of Gods and Heroes: Chapter XVIII: Meleager and Atalanta . 138 . Avenel Books . 0-517-27415-9 . registration . https://archive.org/details/bulfinchsmytho00bulf/page/138 .
• Fowler, R. L. (2000), Early Greek Mythography: Volume 1: Text and Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2000. .
• Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, v. 2, page 556

Notes and References

1. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
2. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
3. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
4. [Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]
5. [Hesiod]
6. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
7. Hesiod, Ehoiai 123.8
8. The form "Iasion" was also used by Pausanias and Aelian to refer to the father of Atalante.
9. [Callimachus]
10. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
11. [Hyginus]
12. [Scholia]
13. [Homer]
14. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
15. [Scholia]
16. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
17. [Statius]
18. Homer, Iliad 15.332 & 338
19. Homer, Odyssey 17.443
20. [Virgil]
21. Virgil, Aeneid 12.392