Harpalus (Ancient Greek: Ἁρπάλου), in Greek mythology, was a Spartan prince as the son of King Amyclas of Laconia,[1] and possibly Diomede, daughter of Lapithes. Through this parentage, he was considered to be the brother of King Argalus,[2] King Cynortes,[3] Hyacinthus,[4] Polyboea,[5] Laodamia[6] (or Leanira[7]), Hegesandre,[8] and in other versions, of Daphne.[9]

Harpalus
Prince of Sparta
Member of the Spartan Royal Family
AbodeSparta
Personal information
ParentsAmyclas and Diomede
SiblingsArgalus, Cynortas, Hyacinthus, Laodamia (or Leanira), Hegesandre and ?Polyboea
half-sister by Amyclas:
?Daphne
ChildrenDeritus

Harpalus was the father of Deritus, ancestor of Patreus, founder of Patras.[1]

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Pausanias, 7.18.5 (Achaica)
  2. ^ Pausanias, 3.1.3
  3. ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.13.1
  4. ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.1.3
  5. ^ Pausanias, 3.19.4
  6. ^ Pausanias, 10.9.5
  7. ^ Apollodorus, 3.9.1
  8. ^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 4.10; Pherecydes, fr. 132
  9. ^ Parthenius, Erotica Pathemata 15

References edit

  • Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
  • Parthenius, Love Romances translated by Sir Stephen Gaselee (1882-1943), S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 69. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1916. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
  • Parthenius, Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol. 1. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
  • Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.