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Thoas (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Thoas (Ancient Greek: Θόας, "fleet, swift")[1] may refer to the following figures:

Other Greek mythological figures named Thoas include:

Notes

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  1. ^ LSJ, s.v. Θόας.
  2. ^ Grimal, s.v. Thoas 6, Table 19, p. 513; Parada, s.v. Thoas 1; Smith, s.v. Thoas 3.
  3. ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.6.
  4. ^ Parada, s.v. Thoas 1; Strabo, 10.2.24
  5. ^ Parada, s.v. Thoas 5; Grant, pp. 519520; Smith, s.v. Thoon; Apollodorus, 1.6.2. Frazer translates Apollodorus 1.6.2 Θόωνα as "Thoas". Citing only Apollodorus 1.6.2, Parada names the Giant "Thoas" (Θόας), and Smith names the Giant "Thoon (Θόων)". Grant, citing no sources, names the Giant "Thoas", but says "he was also called Thoon".
  6. ^ Parada, s.vv. Thoas 11, Solois; Plutarch, Theseus 26.3
  7. ^ Parada, s.v. Thoas 10; Statius, Thebaid 8.869
  8. ^ Parada, s.v. Thoas 7; Homer, Iliad 16.311
  9. ^ Parada, s.v. Thoas 4; Apollodorus, E.7.2627
  10. ^ Apollodorus, E.7.33
  11. ^ Parada, s.vv. Thoas 6, Halesus 2; Virgil, Aeneid 7.723–725 (Halesus as ally of Turnis), 10.411–415 (Thoas killed by Halesus).

References

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  • 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.
  • Grant, Michael, John Hazel, Who's Who in Classical Mythology, Routledge, 2004. ISBN 9781134509430.
  • Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Liddell, Henry George, Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. Revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Parada, Carlos, Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology, Jonsered, Paul Åströms Förlag, 1993. ISBN 978-91-7081-062-6.
  • Plutarch, Theseus in Lives, Volume I: Theseus and Romulus. Lycurgus and Numa. Solon and Publicola. Translated by Bernadotte Perrin. Loeb Classical Library No. 46. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1914. ISBN 978-0-674-99052-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Strabo, Geography, translated by Horace Leonard Jones; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. (1924). LacusCurtis, Online version at the Perseus Digital Library, Books 6–14
  • Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Statius, Statius with an English Translation by J. H. Mozley, Volume II, Thebaid, Books V–XII, Achilleid, Loeb Classical Library No. 207, London: William Heinemann, Ltd., New York: G. P. Putnamm's Sons, 1928. ISBN 978-0674992283. Internet Archive.
  • Virgil, Aeneid, Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library