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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.
In Greek mythology, Thoas (Ancient Greek: Θόας, "fleet, swift") was a son of Jason and Hypsipyle, and a grandson of the Lemnian king Thoas, and the twin brother of Euneus.
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.
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 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 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.
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When the Lemnian women all the men in the island, Hypsipyle saved her father Thoas, and concealed him. ( Apollod. 1.9.17 .) Afterwards, however, he was discovered by the other women, and killed ( Apollod. 3.6.4 ), or he escaped to Tauris (Hygin.
