In Greek mythology, Mariandynus (Ancient Greek: Μαριανδυνός) was the eponymous hero of the Mariandyni tribe in Northern Anatolia. He was an Aeolian,[1] a son of either Cimmerius, or Phrixus,[2] or Phineus (and in the latter case, brother of Thynus).[3] He had several sons, of whom the eldest may have been Titias.[4]
Mariandynus was also the name of his grandson through Titias, who was credited with composing a mourning song in honor of his brother Priolaus, killed in a battle against the Bebrycians.[5]
Notes
- ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Mariandynia
- ↑ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.723 & 780
- ↑ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.140
- ↑ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1126
- ↑ Scholia on Aeschylus, Persians 941
References
- Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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