Tremilus Explained

In Greek mythology, Tremilus (Ancient Greek: Τρεμίλου or Τρέμιλος Tremilos) or Tremiles (Τρεμίλης) was the eponym of Tremile which was afterwards called Lycia. Other variant of his name was Termilus.

Family

Tremiles was married to the nymph Praxidice, daughter of Ogygus, on silver Sibros beside the whirling river. The couple had four sons: Tloos,^[1] Pinarus, Cragus and Xanthus. In one account, all sons were mentioned except Xanthus to be the progeny of Tremiles and Praxidike.^[2]

Mythology

When Tremiles died, Bellerophontes renamed the Tremileis Lycians. Hekataios calls them Tremilas in the 4th book of his Genealogies.^[3]

Notes

1. [Stephanus of Byzantium]
2. Tituli Asiae Minoris 2.174, A.16–B2 (Greek text)
3. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Tremilē (quoting a poem by Panyassis)

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.
• Tituli Asiae Minoris II.174, translated by Brady Kiesling, an inscription from Sidyma in Lycia. Online version at the Topos Text Project. Greek text at epigraphy.packhum.org