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In Greek mythology , Nireus (Ancient Greek : Νιρεύς) was a king of the island Syme (according to Diodorus Siculus ,[1] also of a part of Cnidia ) and one of the Achaean leaders in the Trojan War . He was renowned for his outstanding beauty, being described as the second most handsome man in the Greek camp after Achilles .[2]
Biography [ edit ]
Nireus was the son of King Charopus [3] and the nymph Aglaia [4] .[5] In one account, the hero Heracles was called as his father.[6]
Mythology [ edit ]
Trojan War [ edit ]
Nireus was among the suitors of Helen and consequently joined in the campaign against Troy.[7] According to different sources, he was said to have commanded a number of ships: 3,[8] 16 [9] or 53.[10] In the military conflict with the Mysian king Telephus , which occurred on the way to Troy (during the first unsuccessful attempt to reach the city), Nireus killed Telephus' wife Hiera , who fought from a chariot "like an Amazon ".[11]
Another story of Nireus, who was "the most beautiful man who came beneath Ilion" (Iliad , 2.673), is the one of his love for Heracles . But Ptolemy adds that certain authors made Nireus out to be a son of Heracles.[12]
Nireus did not excel in physical strength[13] and was eventually killed by either Eurypylus , son of Telephus ,[14] [15] or Aeneas .[16] A funeral was held for him and his own people cremated him.[17] However, according to the version recounted by John Tzetzes , Nireus survived the war and, together with Thoas , having been caught in the storm that scattered the Greek ships, landed first in Libya and then sailed off to Argyrinoi and the Ceraunian Mountains , where they settled near Mount Lakmynion and River Aias.[18]
Other tales [ edit ]
In a rare version of the myth, Nireus was loved by Heracles and he helped the latter to beat down the lion of Helicon .[6]
^ Apollodorus , E.3.13
^ Lucian, De Syria Dea 40
^ Homer, Iliad 2.672 ; Diodorus Siculus, 5.53.2 ; Hyginus, Fabulae 97 ; Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 1011
^ a b Photius , Bibliotheca excerpts 190.11
^ Hyginus, Fabulae 81
^ Homer, Iliad 2.672 ; Apollodorus, E.3.13 ; Dictys Cretensis, 1.17
^ Hyginus, Fabulae 97
^ Dares Phrygius , 14
^ Philostratus , Heroicus 691 ; Tzetzes, Antehomerica 287–288
^ Ptolemaeus Chennus , 147b
^ Quintus Smyrnaeus , 7.16 ff.
^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 6.410 ff.
^ Hyginus, Fabulae 113 ; Dictys Cretensis, 4.17
^ Dares Phrygius, 21
^ Dictys Cretensis, 4.18
^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 1014
References [ edit ]
Dares Phrygius , from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. Online version at theio.com
Dictys Cretensis , from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Diodorus Siculus , The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather . Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library . Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
Diodorus Siculus , Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2 . Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library .
Euripides , The Plays of Euripides , translated by E. P. Coleridge. Volume II. London. George Bell and Sons. 1891. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Euripides , Euripidis Fabulae. vol. 3 . Gilbert Murray. Oxford. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1913. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library .
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 . Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library .
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.
John Tzetzes , Book of Histories, Book I translated by Ana Untila from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826. Online version at theio.com
Lucius Flavius Philostratus , Heroica, translation by Jennifer K. Berenson Maclean and Ellen Bradshaw Aitken, Flavius Philostratus: On Heroes, WGRW 3 (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2002), XX. Harvard University's Center for Hellenic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Lucius Flavius Philostratus , Flavii Philostrati Opera. Vol 2. Carl Ludwig Kayser. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1871. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library .
Pseudo-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. Greek text available from the same website .
Quintus Smyrnaeus , The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theio.com
Quintus Smyrnaeus , The Fall of Troy . Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library .
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