Solymus
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In Greek mythology, Solymus (Solymos) was the ancestral hero and eponym of the tribe Solymi in Pisidia, Lycia. He was a son of either Zeus or Ares; his mother's name is variously given as Chaldene, Caldene "daughter of Pisidus", Calchedonia or Chalcea "the nymph".[1][2][3][4]
Solymus is known to have been married to his own sister Milye, also a local eponymous heroine. A certain Cragus is given as Milye's second husband.[5]
A possibly different Solymus is mentioned by Ovid as a Phrygian companion of Aeneas and eponym of Sulmona.[6]
References
- ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium, s. v. Pisidia
- ↑ Etymologicum Magnum, 721. 43, under Solymoi
- ↑ Antimachus in scholia on Homer, Odyssey, 5. 283
- ↑ Clement of Rome in Rufinus of Aquileia, Recognitiones, 10. 21
- ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium, s. v. Milyai; concerning Cragus, see also Praxidikai
- ↑ Ovid, Fasti, 4. 79
Sources
- Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Band XV, Halbband 30, Met-Molaris lapis (1932), s. 1710; Band IIIA, Halbband 5, Silacenis-Sparsus (1927), s. 990 (German)
