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Iasion
Founder of the Mystic rites
Other namesIasus, Eetion
Abode(1) Samothrace or
(2) Italy
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Parents(1) Zeus and Electra
(2) Corythus and Electra
(3) Ilithyius
Siblings(1) & (2) Dardanus, Harmonia
and (1) Emathion (possibly)
Consort(i) Demeter
(ii) Cybele
Children(i) Plutus and Philomelus
(ii) Corybas

In Greek mythology, Iasion /ˈʒən/ (Ancient Greek: Ἰασίων, romanized: Iasíōn[1]) or Iasus /ˈəsəs/ (Ancient Greek: Ἴασος, romanized: Íasos[2]), also called Eetion[3][4] /ˈɛʃən/ (Ancient Greek: Ἠετίων, romanized: Ēetíōn), was the founder of the mystic rites on the island of Samothrace.

  1. ^ gen.: Ἰασίωνος
  2. ^ gen.: Ἰάσου
  3. ^ Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 121 Most, pp. 206, 207 [= fr. 177 Merkelbach-West = P. Oxy. 1359 fr. 2 (Grenfell and Hunt, p. 53)].
  4. ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.916 with Hellanicus as the authority; Scholia on Euripides, Phoenissae 1129; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 219

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Iasion

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In Greek mythology, Iasion /aɪˈeɪʒən/ (Ancient Greek: Ἰασίων, romanized: Iasíōn) or Iasus /ˈaɪəsəs/ (Ancient Greek: Ἴασος, romanized: Íasos), also called...

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Demeter

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Demeter is not generally portrayed with any of her consorts; the exception is Iasion, the youth of Crete who lay with her in a thrice-ploughed field and was...

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Plutus

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goddess of agriculture Demeter and the mortal Iasion. Plutus is most commonly the son of Demeter and Iasion, with whom she lay in a thrice-ploughed field...

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Zeus

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Dardanus Electra Apollod. 1st/2nd cent. AD Emathion Nonnus 5th cent. AD Iasion or Eetion Apollod. 1st/2nd cent. AD Harmonia Diod. Sic. 1st cent. BC Myrmidon...

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Iasus

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Io Iasius (Iasion), son of Eleuther and brother of Pierus. He was the father of Chaeresilaus and Astreis. Iasius, another name of Iasion. Iasus (Iasius)...

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Nymph

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mother of Hermes • Electra Mt. Saon, Samothrace mother of Dardanus and Iasion by Zeus • Taygete Taygetos Mts., Laconia mother of Lacedaemon by Zeus •...

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Hieros gamos

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union in the promotion of fertility: such an ancient union of Demeter with Iasion, enacted in a thrice-ploughed furrow, a primitive aspect of a sexually-active...

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Emathion

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the son of Zeus and Electra (one of the Pleiades), brother to Dardanus, Iasion (Eetion), and (rarely) Harmonia. He sent soldiers to join Dionysus in his...

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Harmonia

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and was the daughter of Zeus and Electra, her brothers were Dardanus and Iasion being the founder of the mystic rites celebrated on the island. Almost always...

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Theogony

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Oceanid Idyia, producing Medea. The goddess Demeter joined with the mortal Iasion to produce Plutus. In addition to Semele, the goddess Harmonia and the mortal...

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Tyche

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Plutus, the god of wealth; usually, however, he is the son of Demeter and Iasion. According to the Pausanias in his Description of Greece, Palamedes created...

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Philomelus

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'friend of ease' from philos and mêlos. Philomelus the son of Demeter and Iasion, and the brother of Plutus. His son Parias gave his name to the Parians...

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List of demigods

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Hyacinthus: son of the Muse Clio and Oebalus of Sparta, lover of Apollo. Iasion: son of Zeus and Electra (one of the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione)...

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Janus

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have unduely aspired to the union with Demeter; Diodorus Siculus V 49: Iasion is on the contrary asked for the union by Demeter and from it Plutos is...

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Corythus

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and Andromeda. Corythus, an Italian king and father, in some sources, of Iasion and Dardanus by Electra. Corythus, one of the Lapiths. Only a youth, he...

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Cadmus

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according to Diodorus Siculus: Electra and her two sons, Dardanos and Eetion or Iasion. There was a fourth figure, Electra's daughter, Harmonia, whom Cadmus took...

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Chaeresilaus

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Greek: Χαιρησίλαος) is solely known for having been the son of Iasius (Iasion), himself son of Eleuther. He was the brother of Astreis and the father...

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Eleuther

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well as for having given his name to Eleutherae. His sons were Iasius (Iasion) and Pierus[citation needed]. He also had several daughters, who spoke impiously...

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Cilix

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Phoenix and Europa. He was the father of Thebe, wife of Corybas, the son of Iasion and Cybele. While some sources claim that Thasus is related to Cilix, as...

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