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Thoas is the son of Dionysus and Ariadne. He fathered Hypsipyle and Sicinus with his wife, Myrina. He was given Lemnos by Rhadamanthys, where he ruled until the women of Lemnos revolted against their unfaithful husbands. Thoas escaped to Tauris, where he became king. His daughter Hypsipyle became the new ruler of Lemnos.
Myrina on Lemnos was named after the wife of Thoas-----a son of Icarius and Periboea, and a brother of Penelope. (Apollod. iii. 10. § 6.)----a son of Borysthenes, and king of Tauris, into whose dominions Iphigenia was carried by Artemis, when she was to have been sacrificed. He was killed by Chryses. Anton. Lib. 27 ; Hygin.
Hypsipyle, in Greek legend, daughter of Dionysus ’s son Thoas, king of the island of Lemnos. When the women of Lemnos, furious at their husbands’ betrayal, murdered all the men on the island, Hypsipyle hid her father and aided his escape. She became queen of the island and welcomed the Argonauts when they landed; eventually she bore twin ...
In Greek mythology, Thoas (Ancient Greek: Θόας, "fleet, swift") was a son of the god Dionysus and Ariadne, the daughter of the Cretan king Minos. He was the king of Lemnos when the Lemnian women decided to kill all the men on the island. He was the only man to survive the massacre, having been saved by his daughter Hypsipyle. He is sometimes identified with the Thoas who was the king of ...
Thoas, and his twin brother Euneus, were the son of Jason, the leader of the Argonauts, and Hypsipyle, the daughter of King Thoas of Lemnos, who was the son of Dionysus and Ariadne. When the women of Lemnos massacred the Lemnian men, Hypsipyle secretly helped her father escape from the island.
Thoas (King of Lemnos) Edit Edit source View history Talk (0) Hypsipyle saves Thoas. Contents. 1 Family. 1.1 Parents; 1.2 Spouse & Lovers; 1.3 Children; Family ...
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