Chapter 11: The Daughters of Thestios
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♠ Hes fr 22 MW – Hesiod, Ehoiai (Catalogue of Women) in Fragmenta Hesiodea, p. 12, ed. R. Merkelbach and M. L. West. Oxford 1967.
P.S.I. 1384 fr. 1, ed. Bartoletti
[…..]
[…..]
…..] she similar
…..] of godlike Agenor
[5] Demodike whom most of the men on hearth
courted, and they promised many excellent gifts
mighty kings, in pursuit of her boundless beauty.
But at no time did they ever win over the spirit in her breast.
…..] to be called near the marriage-bed (Transl. E. Bianchelli)
♠ Hes fr 10a.50 – Hesiod, Ehoiai (Catalogue of Women) in Hesiodi Theogonia, Opera et Dies, Scutum, p. 228, ed. Solmsen. 3d ed. Oxford 1990.
whom Porthaon, son of the son of Peuron (i.e. Agenor), possessed (Transl. E. Bianchelli)
♠ ApB 1.7.7 – Apollodoros, Bibliotheke (Library)
and Demonice, who had Evenus, Molus, Pylus, and Thestius by Ares. Greek Text
♠ Hes fr 26.34-37 MW – Hesiod, Ehoiai (Catalogue of Women) in Fragmenta Hesiodea, p. 18, ed. R. Merkelbach and M. L. West. Oxford 1967.
beside their father [35] [. . . Thestios tamer of horses[. . . led her off with his horses and well-fastened chariots offering countless nuptial gifts . . . (Transl. E. Bianchelli)
♠ Hes fr 23a.1-10 MW – Hesiod, Ehoiai (Catalogue of Women) in Fragmenta Hesiodea, pp. 13-14, ed. R. Merkelbach and M. L. West. Oxford 1967.
[. . . last [. . . or like daughters [. . . and three like goddesses, skilled in very beautiful works [5] Leda, Althaia, and cow-eyed Hypermestre, Aetol[. . . One went up into Tyndareos’ blooming bed, Leda with goodly locks like the rays of the moon, and she bore Timandra, and cow-eyed Klytaimnestra [10] and Phylonoe who in beauty was equal to the immortal goddesses. (Transl. E. Bianchelli)
♠ Il 9.566-67 – Homer, Iliad
[565] By her side lay Meleager nursing his bitter anger, wroth because of his mother’s curses; for she prayed instantly to the gods, being grieved for her brother’s slaying. Greek Text
♠ Bak 5.127-29 – Bakchylides, Odes
Then I killed, among many others, Iphiclus and noble Aphares, my mother’s swift brothers. Greek Text
♠ Stesichoros 222 PMG – Poetae Melici Graeci, p. 119 ed. D. L. Page. Oxford 1962.
♠ ΣT 9.567 – Scholia T to Homer, Iliad – Scholia Graeca in Homeri Iliadem 5, p. 334, ed. W. Dindorf and E. Maass. Oxford 1887.
♠ ΣA Il 9.567 – Scholia A to Homer, Iliad – Scholia Graeca in Homeri Iliadem I, p. 331, ed. W. Dindorf and E. Maass. Oxford 1875.
♠ ApB 1.7.10 – Apollodoros, Bibliotheke (Library)
Thestius had daughters and sons by Eurythemis, daughter of Cleoboea: the daughters were Althaea, Leda, Hypermnestra, and the males were Iphiclus, Evippus, Plexippus, and Eurypylus. Greek Text
♠ AR 1.201 – Apollonios of Rhodes, Argonautika
Yea, and his uncle, well skilled to fight whether with the javelin or hand to hand, Iphiclus son of Thestius, bare him company on his way. Greek Text
♠ Pherekydes 3F9 FGrH – Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker 1, p. 61, ed. F. Jacoby. 2d ed. Leiden 1957.
Schol. Apoll. Rhod. I 1212: Pherekydes in Book 2 says that Leda and Althaia were born to Thestios by Laophonte, daughter of Pleuron. (Transl. E. Bianchelli) Greek Text
♠ Eumelos, Korinthiaka fr 7 PEG – Poetae Epici Graeci 1, p. 111, ed. A. Bernabé. Leipzig 1987.
SCHOL. Apoll. Rhod. 1, 146/49a (19, 25 Wendel) Eumelos in his Korintiaka says that she (i.e. Leda) was a daugther of Glaukos, son of Sisyphos, and of Pantheiduia, explaining that Glaukos had gone to Lakedaimonia looking for lost horses and there he had intercourse with Pantheiduia; and that later she married Thestios, so that Leda , although by birth she was the daughter of Glaukos, was said to be daughter of Thestios. (Transl. E. Bianchelli)
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Edited by Elena Bianchelli, Retired Senior Lecturer of Classical Languages and Culture, Univ. of Georgia, February 2024.
