Iasus
Name of several figures in Greek mythology
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In Greek mythology, Iasus (/ˈaɪ.ə.səs/; Ancient Greek: Ἴασος) or Iasius (/aɪˈeɪʒəs/; Ἰάσιος) was the name of several people:
- Iasus (Iasius), one of the Dactyli[1] or Curetes.[2]
- Iasus, king of Argos.[3]
- Iasus, son of Io[4]
- Iasius (Iasion[5]), son of Eleuther and brother of Pierus. He was the father of Chaeresilaus[6] and Astreis.[7]
- Iasius, another name of Iasion.[8]
- Iasus (Iasius), the Arcadian father of Atalanta[9] by Clymene, daughter of Minyas; he was the son of King Lycurgus of Arcadia by either Eurynome or Cleophyle. His brothers were Ancaeus, Epochus and Amphidamas.[10][11]
- Iasus (Iasius), father of King Amphion of Orchomenus. The latter married Persephone, daughter of Minyas,[12] and fathered Chloris and Phylomache who both married the twins, Neleus[13] and Pelias,[14] respectively. This Iasius is likely the same with the above Iasus.
- Iasus, father of Nepeia, who married King Olympus and gave her name to the plain of Nepeia near Cyzicus.[15]
- Iasius, winner of the horse-racing contest at the Olympic games held by Heracles.[16]
- Iasus, father of Phaedimus. His son was killed by Amyntas in the war of the Seven against Thebes.[17]
- Iasus, son of Sphelus (himself son of Bucolus), leader of the Athenians, was killed by Aeneas in the Trojan War.[18]
- Iasus, king of Cyprus, father of Dmetor. In the Odyssey, he appears in a story told (and made up) by Odysseus.[19]
- Iasus, father of Palinurus[20] and Iapis.[21]
