Anthas

In Greek mythology, Anthas or Anthes (Ancient Greek: Ἄνθας, Ἄνθης, romanized: Ánthas, Ánthes) was a son of Poseidon and Alcyone,[1] and brother of Hyperes. The brothers were eponymous founders and first kings of the cities Hyperea and Anthea in a region they reigned over; later on these two cities were merged into the historical Troezen.[2] Anthas was father of at least two sons, Aëtius and Dius,[3] of whom Aëtius was the successor to both his father and uncle, and further co-ruled with Pittheus and Troezen.[2] The descendants of Anthas through Aëtius reputedly founded colonies in Caria: Halicarnassus and Myndus,[4] and accordingly the people of Halicarnassus were referred to by the poetic epithet Antheades 'descendants of Anthas'.[5] Alternately, Halicarnassus was founded by Anthas himself.[6] Anthas also was the presumed eponym of Anthedon, over which he was said to have reigned,[1] and of Anthana in Laconia.[7]

  1. ^ a b Pausanias, 9.22.5
  2. ^ a b Pausanias, 2.30.8
  3. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Anthedōn (for Dius)
  4. ^ Pausanias, 2.30.9
  5. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Athēnai
  6. ^ Strabo, 8.6.14 & 14.2.16; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Halikarnassos
  7. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Anthana: he is further said to have been killed and flayed by Cleomenes I, brother of Leonidas I, however chronologically inadequate that may seem.