Iasion

Iasion
Founder of the Mystic rites
Other namesIasus, Eetion
Abode(1) Samothrace or
(2) Italy
Genealogy
Parents(1) Zeus and Electra
(2) Corythus and Electra
(3) Ilithyius
Siblings(1) & (2) Dardanus, Harmonia
and (1) Emathion (possibly)
Consort(i) Demeter
(ii) Cybele
Children(i) Plutus and Philomelus
(ii) Corybas

In Greek mythology, Iasion /aɪˈeɪʒən/ (Ancient Greek: Ἰασίων, romanized: Iasíōn[1]) or Iasus /ˈaɪəsəs/ (Ancient Greek: Ἴασος, romanized: Íasos[2]), also called Eetion[3][4] /iːˈɛʃən/ (Ancient Greek: Ἠετίων, romanized: Ēetíōn), was the founder of the mystic rites on the island of Samothrace.

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  3. ^ Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 121 Most, pp. 206, 207 [= fr. 177 Merkelbach-West = P. Oxy. 1359 fr. 2 (Grenfell and Hunt, p. 53)].
  4. ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.916 with Hellanicus as the authority; Scholia on Euripides, Phoenissae 1129; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 219