- Athamas is also a genus of jumping spiders. Athamas is a Spider Genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders The jumping spider family ( Salticidae) contains more than 500 described genera and over 5000 Species, making it the largest family of Spiders with about
The king of Orchomenos in Greek mythology, Athamas ("rich harvest"), was married first to the goddess Nephele with whom he had the twins Phrixus and Helle. Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and Heroes the nature of the world and the origins and significance In Greek mythology, Nephele (from Greek: nephos, "cloud" Latinized to Nubes) was a cloud Nymph who figured prominently In Greek mythology Phrixus (also Phryxus) was the son of Athamus, king of Boiotia and Nephele (a goddess of Clouds In Greek mythology, Helle figured prominently in the story of Jason and the Argonauts. He later divorced Nephele and married Ino, daughter of Cadmus. In Greek mythology Ino was a mortal queen of Thebes, the second wife of Athamas, the mother of Learches and Melicertes, daughter of Cadmus, or Kadmos (Κάδμος in Greek mythology, was a Phoenician prince son of Agenor and the brother of Phoenix, Cilix With Ino, he had two children: Learches and Melicertes. In Greek mythology, Learches (alternatively Learchus) was a son of Athamus and Ino. Melicertes Μελικέρτης (sometimes Melecertes, later called Palaemon Παλαίμων) in Greek mythology, the son of the Athamas also had a brother, Salmoneus, who was the father of Tyro. For the shrimp genus of this name go to Salmoneus. In Greek mythology, Salmoneus (Σαλμωνεύς was the son of Aeolus Tyro A beginner or learner in anything one who has mastered the rudiments only of any branch or knowledge [1]
Phrixus and Helle were hated by their stepmother, Ino. In Greek mythology Phrixus (also Phryxus) was the son of Athamus, king of Boiotia and Nephele (a goddess of Clouds Ino hatched a devious plot to get rid of the twins, roasting all the town's crop seeds so they would not grow. The local farmers, frightened of famine, asked a nearby oracle for assistance. Ino bribed the men sent to the oracle to lie and tell the others that the oracle required the sacrifice of Phrixus. Athamus reluctantly agreed. Before he was killed, though, Phrixus and Helle were rescued by a flying golden ram sent by Nephele, their natural mother. Helle fell off the ram into the Hellespont (which was named after her) and died, but Phrixus survived all the way to Colchis, where King Aeëtes took him in and treated him kindly, giving Phrixus his daughter Chalciope in marriage. See also Dardanelles Hellespont ( Turkish, Greek; ie "Sea of Helle" variously named in classical literature Hellespontium Pelagus In ancient Geography, Colchis or Kolchis ( Georgian and Laz: კოლხეთი k'olxeti; Greek:, Kolchís In Greek mythology, Aeëtes ( Greek: Αἰήτης was a son of the king-god Helios and the Nymph Perseis (a daughter of Oceanus Chalciope ( Greek: Χαλκιόπη was a princess in Greek mythology, daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis, sister of Medea and wife In gratitude, Phrixus gave the king the golden fleece of the ram, which Aeëtes hung in a tree in his kingdom. In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece (Χρυσόμαλλον Δέρας is the fleece of the winged ram Chrysomallos (Χρυσόμαλλος [2]
Later, Ino raised Dionysus, her nephew, son of her sister Semele, causing Hera's intense jealousy. In Classical mythology, Dionysus or Dionysos (in Greek, Διόνυσος or Διώνυσος; associated with Roman Stimula redirects here For the Genus of Grass skipper Butterflies, see Stimula (butterfly. In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hera (ˈhɪərə or /ˈhɛrə/ Greek) or Here ( in Ionic and Homer In vengeance, Hera struck Athamas with insanity. Athamas went mad and slew one of his sons, Learchus; Ino, to escape the pursuit of her frenzied husband, threw herself into the sea with her son Melicertes. In Greek mythology, Learches (alternatively Learchus) was a son of Athamus and Ino. Melicertes Μελικέρτης (sometimes Melecertes, later called Palaemon Παλαίμων) in Greek mythology, the son of the Both were afterwards worshipped as marine divinities, Ino as Leucothea, Melicertes as Palaemon. In Greek mythology, Leucothea ( Greek: Leukothea (Λευκοθέα English translation: "white goddess" was one of the aspects [3]
Athamas, with the guilt of his son's murder upon him, was obliged to flee from Boeotia. Boeotia, Beotia, or Bœotia ( Greek: Βοιωτία - English biːˈoʊʃiə formerly Cadmeis was a region of Ancient Greece, north of the He was ordered by the oracle to settle in a place where he should receive hospitality from wild beasts. This he found at Phthiotis in Thessaly, where he surprised some wolves eating sheep; on his approach they fled, leaving him the bones. Phthiotis (Φθιώτιδα Fthiótida, fθiˈo̞tiða Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Φθιώτις is one of the Prefectures of Greece. Thessalia redirects here For the Butterfly Genus, see Thessalia (butterfly. Athamas, regarding this as the fulfilment of the oracle, settled there and married a third wife, Themisto (son: Schoeneus). In Greek mythology, Themisto ( Greek: Θεμιστώ was the third and last wife of Athamas. In Greek mythology, Schoeneus (Σχοινεύς was the name of several individuals Schoeneus was a Boeotian king the son of Athamas The spot was afterwards called the Athamanian plain. When Athamas returned to his second wife, Ino, Themisto sought revenge by dressing her children in white clothing and Ino's in black. In Greek mythology, Themisto ( Greek: Θεμιστώ was the third and last wife of Athamas. Ino switched their clothes without Themisto's knowledge, and she killed her own children. [4]
According to some accounts, Athamas was succeeded on the throne by Presbon. [5]
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