Thaumas
In Greek mythology, Thaumas (/ˈθɔːməs/; Ancient Greek: Θαύμας; gen.: Θαύμαντος) was a sea god, son of Pontus and Gaia, and the full brother of Nereus, Phorcys, Ceto and Eurybia.[1]
Mythology
According to Hesiod, Thaumas' wife was the Oceanid Electra,[lower-alpha 1] by whom he fathered Iris,[lower-alpha 2] Arke,[lower-alpha 3] and the harpies.[3]
The late 4th-early 5th century poet Nonnus gives Thaumas and Electra two children: Iris, and the river Hydaspes.[4]
Harpies
The names and numbers of Thaumas' harpy daughters vary:
Separate figures with the same name
- Thaumas was also the name of a centaur, who fought against the Lapiths at the Centauromachy.[7]
Footnotes
References
- Hesiod. Theogony. 233–239.
- Plato. Theaetetus. 155.d.
- Hesiod. Theogony. 265–269, 780–381.
- Nonnus. Dionysiaca. 26.358–362.
- Virgil. Aeneid. 3 211–212.
- Hyginus. Fabulae. 14.18.
- Ovid. Metamorphoses. 12.303.
Sources
- Apollodorus, Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 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
- Hesiod, Theogony, in The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, Massachusetts., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Hyginus, Gaius Julius, Fabulae in Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae: Two Handbooks of Greek Mythology, Translated, with Introductions by R. Scott Smith and Stephen M. Trzaskoma, Hackett Publishing Company, 2007. ISBN 978-0-87220-821-6.
- Nonnus, Dionysiaca; translated by Rouse, W H D, II Books XVI–XXXV. Loeb Classical Library No. 345, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1940. Internet Archive
- Plato, Theaetetus in Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 12 translated by Harold N. Fowler. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Servius, Commentary on the Aeneid of Vergil, Georgius Thilo, Ed. 1881.
- Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). "Thaumas"
- Virgil, Aeneid, Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
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