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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]
Sometimes it was said that Thoas' father was Theseus, perhaps not only due to the reason that Thoas' mother Ariadne and Theseus were lovers, but also because Thoas' kingdom was under the control of the Athenians. He was the king of Lemnos and married to Myrina, by whom he is the father of Hypsipyle and Sicinus. 2
Jan 9, 2017 · 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.
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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.
In Greek mythology, Thoas ( Ancient Greek: Θόας, "fleet, swift") [1] may refer to the following figures: Thoas, a king of Lemnos saved by his daughter Hypsipyle from the massacre by the Lemnian women. He was a son of Dionysus and Ariadne, and sometimes identified with Thoas, the king of the Taurians, below. Thoas, a king of the Taurians ...
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). Ysiphele, daughter of Thoas, is queen of Lemnos when Jason and his companions arrive, LGW 1465-1468.
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.
