Hecaterus
In Greek mythology, Hecaterus or Hekateros (Ancient Greek: Ἑκάτερος) was a minor god and the father of five daughters (the Hecaterides) by the daughter of Phoroneus, and through them grandfather of the Oreads, Satyrs, and Curetes.[1] His wife was also identified as Anchiale, the mother of a set of sons (the Dactyls).[2][3]
His name has been interpreted as referring to the hekateris (ἑκατερίς, a rustic dance which involves quickly moving hands), and himself as a patron or personification of this dance. On the other hand, it has been suggested that the name "Hekateros" (which stands in the genitive case Ἑκατέρου in the original Greek text) could result from corruption of the purported ἑκ Δώρου "of Dorus".[4]
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Strabo, 10.3.19 quoting Hesiod
- ^ Smith, Anchiale
- ^ Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 1.1130
- ^ Timothy Gantz, Mythes de la Grèce archaïque, Belin, 2004, p. 242.
References
[edit | edit source]- Gantz, Timothy, Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, Two volumes: Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (Vol. 1), Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (Vol. 2).
- Strabo, The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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