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Hypsipyle saves Thoas. 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 ...
Thoas, who received from his uncle Rhadamanthys the island of Lemnos (situated in the northern part of the Aegean Sea) became its king. After some time Thoas lost his throne when the women of the island revolted against their unfaithful husbands.
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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. Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.
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.
THOAS was king of Lemnos and father of Hypsipyle. When the Lemnian women, enraged by jealousy, killed all the men on the island, Hypsipyle saved her father's life and helped him escape by boat ( Heroides VI.139-140; Argonauticon II.311-430).
Thoas. Thoas, Briseis Painter, Pergamon Museum 2300. In Greek mythology, Thoas, son of Andraimon, was. one of the heroes who fought for the Greeks in the Trojan War. He was a former suitor of Helen of Troy and led a group of forty ships for the Aetolians, one of the larger contigents. In the Iliad it states that he received his lordship because ...
Jan 9, 2017 · entry: Thoas. 2. A son of Dionysus and Ariadne. (Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. 3.997; Stat. Theb. 4.769 .) He was king of Lemnos and married to Myrina, by whom he became the father of Hypsipyle and Sicinus. ( Hom. Il. 14.230; Diod. 5.79; Schol. ad Apollon. 1.601; Hygin. Fab. 15, 120 ; Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 1374.)
