Iasion
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In Greek mythology, Iasion /aɪˈeɪʒən/ (Ancient Greek: Ἰασίων, romanized: Iasíōn) or Iasus /ˈaɪəsəs/ (Ancient Greek: Ἴασος, romanized: Íasos), also called Eetion[1][2] /iːˈɛʃən/ (Ancient Greek: Ἠετίων, romanized: Ēetíōn), was the founder of the mystic rites on the island of Samothrace.
According to the mythographer Apollodorus, Iasion is the son of the Pleiad Electra and Zeus, and the brother of Dardanus[3] and possibly Emathion.[4] Both Hellanicus and Diodorus Siculus repeat this parentage, adding Harmonia as his sister.[5] According to an Italian version of the genealogy, Iasion and Dardanus are both Electra's sons, and are both born in Italy, with Iasion fathered by Corythus and Dardanus by Zeus.[6] In the Fabulae (attributed to Gaius Julius Hyginus), Iasion is called the son of Ilithyius.[7]
With Demeter, Iasion was the father of Plutus, the god of wealth.[8] According to Hyginus' De astronomia, Iasion was also the father of Philomelus,[9] while, according to Diodorus Siculus, he was the father of a son named Corybas with Cybele.[10]