Idas

Two mythical heroes distinguished in the war against Thebes, the one of Onchestus, and the other of Taenarus.1

Also the name of a person who was killed by Phineus at the wedding of Perseus.2

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References

Notes

  1. Statius. Thebaid vi, 553; vii, 588.
  2. Ovid. Metamorphoses v, 90.

Source

  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.