Corinthus

Summary

In Greek mythology, Corinthus (/kəˈrɪnθəs/;[1] Ancient Greek: Κόρινθος Korinthos) may refer to the following personages:

  • Corinthus, the eponymous founder of the city of Corinth and the adjacent land. According to the local Corinthian tradition, he was a son of Zeus, but this tradition was not followed elsewhere.[2][3]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Gardner, Dorsey; Porter, Noah, eds. (1884). A Practical Dictionary of the English Language. New York: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co. p. 546.
  2. ^ Pausanias, 2.1.1
  3. ^ Scholia on Pindar, Nemean Ode 7.155
  4. ^ Eumelus of Corinth in Pausanias, 2.3.10
  5. ^ Apollodorus, 3.16.2
  6. ^ Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 4

References edit

  • 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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
  • Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
  • Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.



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