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In Greek mythology, Thoas ( Ancient Greek: Θόας, "fleet, swift") [1] 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. [2]
Lemnos or Limnos ( Greek: Λήμνος; Ancient Greek: Λῆμνος) is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Lemnos regional unit, which is part of the North Aegean region. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Myrina. [2]
In Greek mythology, Thoas ( Ancient Greek: Θόας, "fleet, swift") [1] was a king of the Taurians, a barbaric tribe in Crimea. [2] He was king when Agamemnon 's daughter Iphigenia was taken to the land of the Taurians, and became a priestess of Artemis there. He was a character in Euripides ' play Iphigenia among the Taurians.
Thoas (king of Corinth), a son of Ornytion and a grandson of Sisyphus. Thoas (son of Jason and Hypsipyle), a son of Jason, the leader of the Argonauts, and Hypsipyle the daughter of Thoas, the king of Lemnos (above), and the brother of Euneus. Thoas (mythology), other figures named "Thoas" in Greek mythology. Thoas may also refer to: 4834 Thoas ...
Charles. Herman. Thomas is a male name of Aramaic origins. The English spelling "Thomas" is a transliteration through Latin "Thomas", of the approximate Greek transliteration ( Greek: Θωμᾶς, romanized : Thōmâs ), from Aramaic "תאמא" ("tɑʔwmɑʔ"), from Classic Syriac " ܬܐܡܐ" (toma), meaning ' twin '. Thomas is recorded in the ...
Thoas, a king of the Taurians when Iphigenia became priestess of Artemis. He is sometimes identified with Thoas, the king of Lemnos above. Thoas, a king of Aetolia. He was the son of Andraemon and Gorge, and a Greek leader and hero in the Trojan War. Thoas, a king of Corinth.
The name Thoas is derived from the old Greek word thoazo, which means "to move quickly, to hurry up or to hasten." This name is a perfect fit for some of the situations in which this king of Lemnos appeared, especially when he had to move quickly or hurry from one place to another.
