Dymas
In Greek mythology, Dymas (Ancient Greek: Δύμας) is the name attributed to the following individuals:
- Dymas, a Mariandynian who warned the Argonauts about the cruelty of Amycus, king of the Bebrycians. Both Mariandynians and Bebrycians lived in northwestern Asia Minor.[1]
- Dymas, a soldier who fought on the side of the Seven against Thebes. He took part in the foot-race at Opheltes' funeral games in Nemea. Dymas was wounded in battle and killed himself when the enemy started questioning him.[2]
- Dymas, a Dorian and the ancestor of the Dymanes. His father, Aegimius, adopted Heracles' son, Hyllas. Dymas and his brother, Pamphylus, submitted to Hyllas.[3]
- Dymas, king of Phrygia and father of Hecuba.[4]
- Dymas, perhaps the same as the first. According to Quintus Smyrnaeus this Dymas was the father of Meges, a Trojan whose sons fought at Troy.[5]
- Dymas, an Aulian warrior, who came to fight at Troy under the leadership of Archesilaus. He died at the hands of Aeneas.[6]
- Dymas, a Trojan soldier who fought with Aeneas and was killed at Troy.[7]
- Dymas, was mentioned in Homer's Odyssey as a Phaeacian captain, whose daughter was a friend to the princess Nausicaa.[8]
References
- Valerius Flaccus. Argonautica, Book 4.160ff., 4.187
- Statius. Thebaid, 6.559, 10.348 & 10.435
- Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 2.8.3
- Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 3.12.5; Homer. Iliad, Book 16.717
- Quintus Smyrnaeus. Posthomerica, 7.606
- Quintus Smyrnaeus. Posthomerica, 8.303
- Virgil. Aeneid, Book 2.340
- Homer. Odyssey, Book 6.22
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