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Asteria 1 was loved by Zeus, and some say that in
order to escape him, she turned into a quail and
flung herself into the sea. Others have said that
it was Zeus who turned her into a quail. Asteria 1 was daughter, either of Coeus and Phoebe 1, or of Titan and someone unknown.
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Heracles 6 was worshipped in Tyre. He is the father of Carthago, one of the NYMPHS.
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Perses 1 is a Titan; see below.
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Apd.1.2.2-4, 1.4.1; Cic.ND.3.42; Hes.The.409-411; Hyg.Fab.53.
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Astraeus 1 is called the father of the
stars. No particular tales are attached to him, but
his offspring is most remarkable. He is the father,
by Eos, of the WINDS, Eosphorus (see below), and Dike (Ara.Phae.97, 105; Apd.1.2.2; Hes.The.375, 378ff.; Hyg.Ast.2.25; Nonn.6.33ff.; Ov.Met.1.149). |
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Eosphorus, also called Hesperus 1, Phosphorus or Lucifer, is the morning and evening star (Venus). Parentage: Astraeus 1 & Eos or Cephalus 2 & Eos.
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Philonis is daughter of Daedalion, but he is called son of Eosphorus. Philonis is also said to be the mother of Autolycus 1 by Hermes, and of Philammon by Apollo. But some of her children are also attributed to Chione 2, also daughter of Daedalion.
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Daedalion was a cruel ruler that delighted in war was. Yet, when his daughter Chione 2 (or perhaps Philonis?) died he could not find consolation, and kept ever bewailing his lost child. So finally he gained Mount Parnassus and hurled himself from its top. But Apollo turned him into a hawk.
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According to Conon, Philonis was daughter of Eosphorus (rather than her mate).
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Apd.1.7.4; Con.7; Hes.The.381; Hyg.Ast.2.42;
Hyg.Fab.65, 161; Nonn.6.18; Ov.Met.11.271, 11.295;
QS.5.132.
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Epimetheus. It is said that when the time
arrived for mortal creatures to be created, the
gods, after moulding their forms, charged Prometheus 1 and his
brother Epimetheus to deal faculties to each
creature. Epimetheus, they say, persuaded Prometheus 1 to let
him do the dealing himself, saying that afterwards Prometheus 1 could
examine what he had done. And to some creatures
Epimetheus gave strength, and to others speed; some
he armed and others he left unarmed, though giving
them some other faculty so that they could survive.
To some he gave wings, so that they could escape,
and to others he gave the capacity to live
underground. And while he distributed all
capacities he took the precaution that no species
should be extinguished. Likewise Epimetheus took
into consideration the seasons, giving to all
creatures the faculty of resisting both cold and
heat. In similar manner he furnished each kind of
creature with its proper food, so that some should
feed on grass, others on fruits, and still others
on creatures which they could devour.
This is how Epimetheus, lacking in wisdom,
distributed all properties suited for survival
among animals, leaving unequipped the race of men.
Now the day had arrived for the emergence of all
creatures and Prometheus 1 came to examine his brother's work. And so,
noticing that Epimetheus had not devised anything
for the preservation of humans, he stole wisdom in
arts from Hephaestus and Athena, along with
fire, so that men could exercise those crafts, and
gave all these gifts to humanity.
This is why, Prometheus 1, for
having corrected Epimetheus' mistake in such a way,
was later accused of theft.
It is also said that Prometheus 1 had told his brother Epimetheus never to take a gift from Zeus, but Epimetheus, a man
without foresight, accepted Zeus' gift
(Pandora 1), and only
later understood what happened. For until that time
men lived free from ills, toil and sicknesses, but Pandora 1 opened a jar
containing all kinds of evils and these flew out,
ever since afflicting mankind. Only Hope remained
there.
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For Iapetus 1 see above. Clymene 1 and Asia 2 are OCEANIDS.
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Pyrrha 1 married Deucalion 1, the man who survived the Flood.
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Apd.1.2.3, 1.7.2; Hes.The.511; Hes.WD.81; Plato.Pro.320d et seq.
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Pallas 1. Son of Crius 1 and Eurybia 1. He is father, by Styx, of Nike, Cratos (Power), Zelos (Emulation), and Bia (Force) (Apd.1.2.2; Hes.The.375, 383ff.). |