In Greek mythology, Thasus or Thasos (/ˈθsəs/ or /ˈθzəs/; Ancient Greek: Θάσος) was a son of Poseidon[1] (or, in other versions, Agenor,[2] Phoenix[3] or Cilix[4]). In the stories, he was a Phoenician prince and one of those who set out from Phoenicia in search of Europa (Thasus' sister[3]). His brother, Cadmus, gave him a part of the army and left him on an island (i.e. Thasos) where he "founded" the eponymous town of Thasos.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Apollodorus, 3.1.1
  2. ^ Pausanias, 5.25.12; Scholiast on Euripides, Phoenissae 6
  3. ^ a b Conon, Narrations 32
  4. ^ Apollodorus, 3.1.1 with Pherecydes as the authority
  5. ^ Herodotus, 2.44; Pausanias, 5.25.12; Pseudo-Scymnos, Circuit de la terre 646 ff.; Conon, Narrations 37

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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