In Greek mythology, Damasippus (Ancient Greek: Δαμάσιππος means ‘horse-taming) is the Spartan son of Icarius and the naiad Periboea. He was the brother of Penelope, Perileos, Thoas, Imeusimus, Aletes and probably Iphthime. This Damasippus might be the same as Damasiclus who was also called the son of Icarius and brother of Penelope.
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👉 Damasippus in the context of Periboea
In Greek mythology, the name Periboea (/ˌpɛrɪˈbiːə/; Ancient Greek: Περίβοια "surrounded by cattle" derived from peri "around" and boes "cattle") refers to multiple figures:
- Periboea, one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys. She was the mother of Aura by Lelantos.
- Periboea, daughter of the Giant Eurymedon and the mother of Nausithous with Poseidon.
- Periboea, daughter of either King Cychreus of Salamis or of King Alcathous of Megara, her mother in the latter case being either Pyrgo or Evaechme, daughter of King Megareus of Onchestus. She was ravished by Telamon who then fled away; when her father learned of that, he ordered for her to be cast in the sea, but the guard who was to perform that took pity on her and sold her away; the one who bought her happened to be Telamon. She became by him mother of Ajax. She was among the would-be sacrificial victims of Minotaur; while on board the ship, Minos attempted to sexually abuse her but she was defended by Theseus, with whom she later consorted. Also known as Eriboea.
- Periboea, an alternate name for Merope, the wife of King Polybus of Corinth and mother of Alcinoë. She was the foster mother of Oedipus, future king of Thebes.
- Periboea, a Naiad, wife of Icarius, mother of Penelope, Perilaus, Aletes, Damasippus, Imeusimus and Thoas, presumably also of Iphthime. Icarius' wife is alternatively known as Asterodia, Dorodoche or Polycaste
- Periboea, the Olenian daughter of Hipponous and mother of Tydeus and possibly Melanippus or Olenias by Oeneus. She was sent by his father to Oeneus because she was seduced by Hippostratus, son of Amarynceus.
- Periboea, one of the first two maidens sent by the people of Locris to the shrine of Athena at Troy, in order to relieve them of plague. The other was named Cleopatra.
- Periboea, eldest daughter of Acessamenus, and mother of Pelagon by the river-god Axius.
- Periboea, mother, by Meges, of the Trojans Celtus and Eubius (Εὔβιος).
- Periboea, daughter of Aeolus, the wind lord, and Telepora or Telepatra.
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Damasippus in the context of Damasiclus
In Greek mythology, Damasiclus (Ancient Greek: Δαμάσικλος or Δαμασίκλου) may refer to two different characters:
- Damasiclus, also called Amasiclus (᾿Αμάσικλος) or Amasichus (᾿Αμάσιχος), the Spartan son of Icarius and Asterodia, and brother of Polymelos, Penelope and Laodice; or Phalereus, Thoon, Pheremmelias, Perilaos, Penelope and Laodamia (also called Mede or Hypsipyle). Otherwise, this Damasiclus might be identical with Damasippus, also called the son of Icarius (by the naiad Periboea) and brother of Penelope.
Damasippus in the context of Perilaus
In Greek mythology, Perileos (/pəˈrɪliɒs/; Ancient Greek: Περίλεως) or Perilaus (/ˌpɛrɪˈleɪəs/; Περίλᾱος) is a name that may refer to:
- Perileos, is the Spartan son of Icarius and the naiad Periboea, he was the brother of Penelope, Thoas, Damasippus, Imeusimus, Aletes and probably Iphthime. In one account, he was called Perilaos and his mother was named Asterodia, daughter of Eurypylus; and brother of Amasichus, Phalereus, Thoon, Pheremmelias, Penelope and Laodamia (also called Mede or Hypsipyle - the alternate names of Iphthime).
- Perileos accused Orestes of the murder of his cousin Clytemnestra.
- Perileos, son of Ancaeus of Samos and Samia, daughter of the river god Maeander. His siblings were Enoudus, Samus, Alitherses and Parthenope (mother of Lycomedes by Apollo).
- Perileos, a defender of Troy killed by Neoptolemus.
- Perilaus, alleged inventor of the brazen bull.
Damasippus in the context of Imeusimus
In Greek mythology, Imeusimus (Ancient Greek: Ἰμεύσιμος) is the son of Icarius and the naiad Periboea. He was the brother of Penelope, Perileos, Thoas, Damasippus, Aletes and possibly Iphthime. Imeusimus was also called Semus (Σῆμος) who together with Auletes (Aletes) were the only named brothers of Penelope mentioned by some sources .
Damasippus in the context of Thoas (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Thoas (Ancient Greek: Θόας, "fleet, swift") may refer to the following figures:
- Thoas, a king of Lemnos saved by his daughter Hypsipyle from the massacre by the Lemnian women. He was a son of Dionysus and Ariadne, and sometimes identified with Thoas, the king of the Taurians, below.
- Thoas, a king of the Taurians when Iphigenia became priestess of Artemis. He is sometimes identified with Thoas, the king of Lemnos above.
- Thoas, a king of Aetolia. He was the son of Andraemon and Gorge, and a Greek leader and hero in the Trojan War.
- Thoas, a king of Corinth. He was a son of Ornytion and a grandson of Sisyphus.
- Thoas, a son of Jason and Hypsipyle, and a grandson of Thoas, the king of Lemnos (above). He was the twin brother of Euneus.
- Thoas, the Spartan son of Icarius, and the brother of Penelope, the wife of Odysseus. According to the mythographer Apollodorus, Icarius and the Naiad nymph Periboea had five sons: Thoas, Damasippus, Imeusimus, Aletes and Perileos, and a daughter Penelope. According to Strabo, however, the mother by Icarius of "Penelope and her brothers" was Polycaste, the daughter of Lygaeus.
- Thoas (or Thoon?), a Giant who, according to the mythographer Apollodorus, along with the Giant Agrius, was killed by the Moirai (Fates) with bronze clubs, during the Gigantomachy, the battle fought between the Giants and the Olympian gods.
- Thoas, an Athenian, who according to Plutarch, was the brother of Euneus and Solois, and accompanied Theseus on his return from his expedition against the Amazons. This Thoas is different than the Thoas (see above), who was the son of Jason and Hypsipyle, and who also had a brother named Euneus.
- Thoas, a defender of Thebes in the war of the Seven against Thebes. He was killed by Tydeus.
- Thoas, in Homer's Iliad, is a Trojan warrior killed by Menelaus during the Trojan War.
- Thoas, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers. He, with the other suitors, was shot dead by Odysseus with the help of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.
- Thoas, a companion of Aeneas in Italy. He was crushed with a stone, by Halesus an ally of Turnus.