- Triopas
In
Greek mythology , Triopas or Triops (Τρίωψ, gen.: Τρίοπος [Its popular etymology is "he who has three eyes" (from τρι- "three" + -ωπ- "see") but the ending -ωψ, -οπος suggests aPre-Greek origin.] ) was the name of several characters, whose relations are unclear.* Triopas was one of the
Heliadae , sons ofHelios andRhodus . Triopas, along with his brothers,Macar ,Actis andCandalus , were jealous of a fifth brother,Tenages 's, skill at science. They killed him. Triopas escaped toKos and then founded the city ofKnidos . Having taken up a kingdom inThessaly , he offendedDemeter by felling the oaks of her sacred grove, and was cursed with unceasing hunger. He was also called the son ofPoseidon andCanace , daughter ofAeolus andEnarete , or of Peranthus. Father ofPhorbas ,Erysichthon , andIphimedia , by Hiscilla, daughter ofMyrmidon .* Triopas may be an aspect of the Argive
Zeus (sometimes represented with a third eye on his forehead), or may be his human representative. He is the eponymous founder of the Island of Triopia and the Triopian Promontory.* Triopas, king of
Argos , son ofPhorbas . Father ofMessene ,Iasus , Agenor, andPelasgus .References
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*Arthur Bernard Cook. "Zeus, Jupiter, and the Oak". "The Classical Review" 18:1:75-89 (February 1904). [http://www.jstor.org/view/0009840x/ap020156/02a00380/0 (JSTOR)]
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