Mariandynus Explained

In Greek mythology, Mariandynus (Ancient Greek: Μαριανδυνός) was the eponymous hero of the Mariandyni tribe in Northern Anatolia. He was an Aeolian,^[1] a son of either Cimmerius, or Phrixus,^[2] or Phineus (and in the latter case, brother of Thynus).^[3] He had several sons, of whom the eldest may have been Titias.^[4]

Mariandynus was also the name of his grandson through Titias, who was credited with composing a mourning song in honor of his brother Priolaus, killed in a battle against the Bebrycians.^[5]

References

• Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.

Notes and References

1. [Stephanus of Byzantium]
2. [Scholia]
3. Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.140
4. Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1126
5. Scholia on Aeschylus, Persians 941