In Greek mythology, the name Coeranus[1] /ˈsɛrənəs/ or Koiranos (Ancient Greek: Κοίρανος "ruler, commander") may refer to:
- Coeranus, an Argive son of Abas, grandson of Melampus, and father of the seer Polyeidos.[2] Alternately was called son of Cleitus.[3]
- Coeranus, son of Polyeidos (thus grandson of the precedent), brother of Manto and Astycrateia. His own son Euchenor dedicated an image of Dionysus Dasyllius to the god at Megara.[4]
- Coeranus, a Lycian soldier, son of Iphitus, who followed their leader, Sarpedon, to fight in the Trojan War. He was slain by the Greek hero Odysseus during the siege of Troy.[5]
- Coeranus, a native of Lyctus in Crete, charioteer and squire of Meriones. He was slain by Hector.[6]
Notes
- ↑ Porphyry's "Homeric Questions" on the "Iliad": Text, Translation, Commentary. Library of Congress cataloging-in-publication data. 19 November 2010. p. 299. ISBN 9783110216806. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ↑ Apollodorus, 3.3.1; Pausanias, 1.43.5; Hyginus, Fabulae 128 & 136
- ↑ Pherecydes in Scholia on Homer, Iliad 13.663
- ↑ Pausanias, 1.43.5
- ↑ Homer, Iliad 5.677 & Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.257
- ↑ Homer, Iliad 5.165 & 17.611 ff.
References
- 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.
- 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.
- Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- 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.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859–1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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