844:, where he had resided for some time, returned to his native home. But finding there his son Calydon and his mother both upon the bed together, believing him to be an adulterer, slew his own child by a mistake. But when he beheld the unfortunate and unexpected fact he had committed, he threw himself into the river
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on condition that they should receive a share of it. Tyndareus, however, went back home, having married Leda, the daughter of
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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.
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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.
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Leda's and
Hypermnestra's mother might be Leucippe as well because there was no other woman mentioned as the wife of Thestius other than Leucippe in this text.
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Note that we must not confuse Toxeus, the son of
Thestius from his nephew who was also called Toxeus, the son of Althaea and Oeneus.
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translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb
Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912.
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1217:. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912.
109:, who was sometimes referred to as "Thestius". The
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1167:Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
113:"Thestias" may refer to one of his daughters,
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1301:Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
1231:translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1991.
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1284:Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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121:, and "Thestiades" to his son Iphiclus.
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246:Comparative table of Thestius' family
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29:Thestias (disambiguation)
1375:Kings in Greek mythology
1346:The Geography of Strabo.
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1239:The Poems and Fragments
1390:Mythological Aetolians
1253:The Plays of Euripides
1311:Description of Greece
1065:, fr. 15 as cited in
1329:Graeciae Descriptio.
1276:Gaius Julius Hyginus
1213:Apollonius Rhodius,
931:Apollonius of Rhodes
22:Thestius (butterfly)
1029:Antoninus Liberalis
248:
1395:Laconian mythology
1297:William W. Goodwin
1263:Euripidis Fabulae.
1201:Apollonius Rhodius
918:Iphigenia in Aulis
339:Ares and Pisidice
315:Ares and Demonice
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1356:Geographica
1327:Pausanias,
1261:Euripides,
1225:Bacchylides
1215:Argonautica
1205:Argonautica
1180:The Library
1176:Apollodorus
1101:Bacchylides
1071:Argonautica
986:Pausanias,
949:Apollodorus
936:Argonautica
907:Aeschylus,
442:Eurythemis
201:, Leda and
1369:Categories
1153:References
1037:Nicander's
973:De fluviis
654:Eurypylus
629:Plexippus
416:Laophonte
392:Deidameia
269:Pherecydes
183:Eurythemis
111:patronymic
1307:Pausanias
1249:Euripides
1159:Aeschylus
1067:Scholiast
913:Euripides
893:Pausanias
865:Aeschylus
831:Polycaste
829:, and by
827:Acarnania
815:Hippocoon
807:Tyndareus
801:Mythology
751:Prothous
495:Iphiclus
466:Leucippe
311:Parent(s)
252:Relation
215:Deidameia
207:Laophonte
203:Plexippus
191:Eurypylus
1354:Strabo,
838:Plutarch
823:Acheloüs
813:against
775:Cometes
727:Calydon
678:Evippus
546:Althaea
522:Aphares
491:Children
289:Apollod.
258:Sources
227:Prothous
219:Perieres
187:Cleoboea
179:Leucippe
175:Iphiclus
171:Porthaon
167:Demonice
151:Epicasta
145:(son of
141:, or of
139:Pisidice
135:Demonice
107:Thespius
40:Thestius
1144:10.2.24
1015:Fabulae
1011:Hyginus
882:10.2.24
811:Icarius
605:Toxeus
363:Agenor
274:Bacchy.
239:Calydon
235:Aphares
223:Cometes
211:Pleuron
195:Evippus
147:Pleuron
119:Althaea
1342:Strabo
1332:3 vols
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1129:3.10.5
1109:125 ff
1063:Alcman
1052:1.7.10
1000:1.9.16
988:3.13.8
897:9.27.7
878:Strabo
846:Axenos
842:Sicyon
819:Strabo
264:Alcman
231:Toxeus
165:or of
155:Evenus
143:Agenor
125:Family
1073:1.146
953:1.7.7
939:1.261
911:606;
852:Notes
577:Leda
401:✓ or
294:Plut.
255:Name
163:Molus
159:Pylus
1315:ISBN
1229:Odes
1184:ISBN
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809:and
388:Wife
304:Pau.
299:Hyg.
284:Ovid
237:and
225:and
169:and
161:and
131:Ares
115:Leda
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233:,
213:or
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