Cephalus
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Cephalus or Kephalos (/ˈsɛfələs/; Ancient Greek: Κέφαλος) is the son of Hermes,[1] and a hero-figure in Greek mythology. Cephalus carried as a theophoric name by historical persons. The root of this name is κεφαλ, meaning "head".[2]
Mythological
[edit | edit source]- Cephalus, son of Hermes and Herse.[3]
- Cephalus, son of Deion/Deioneos, husband of Procris, loved by Eos.[4]
Historical
[edit | edit source]- Cephalus, son of Lysanias from Syracuse (5th century BCE), a wealthy metic and elderly arms manufacturer living in Athens who engages in dialogue with Socrates in Plato's Republic. He was the father of orator Lysias, philosopher Polemarchus and Euthydemus.
- Cephalus, Athenian orator who flourished after the time of the Thirty Tyrants.
- Cephalus, a Molossian who sided with Perseus in the Third Macedonian War.[5]
See also
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Notes
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- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.14.3
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 125
- ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology [1] by William Smith
References
[edit | edit source]- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
External links
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