Cometes
Several figures in Greek mythology
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Cometes (Ancient Greek: Κομήτης) may refer to the following figures in Greek mythology:
- Cometes, son of Thestius and brother of Prothous and Althaea.[1]
- Cometes, the Peirasian father of Asterius, one of the Argonauts.[2] His wife could be Antigona, daughter of Pheres, who was called mother of the said hero.[3]
- Cometes, one of the Lapiths attending Pirithous' wedding. He was killed by Charaxus, his friend, accidentally.[4]
- Cometes, was the lover of Aegialia, wife of Diomedes, when the latter was fighting at Troy. Cometes was son of Sthenelus, son of Capaneus, son of Hipponous.[5]
- Cometes, was the first among the sons of Tisamenus to sail to Asia. It was under the reign of Tisamenus, son of Orestes, that the Heracleidae returned to the Peloponnesus.[6]
