In
Greek mythology,
Anthas or
Anthes () was a son of
Poseidon and Alcyone,
and brother of
Hyperes. The brothers were
founders and first kings of the cities Hyperea and Anthea in a region they reigned over; later on these two cities were merged into the historical
Troezen.
[Pausanias, 2.30.8] Anthas was father of at least two sons, Aëtius and
Dius,
[Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Anthedōn (for Dius)] of whom Aëtius was the successor to both his father and uncle, and further co-ruled with
Pittheus and Troezen.
The descendants of Anthas through Aëtius reputedly founded colonies in
Caria:
Halicarnassus and
Myndus,
[Pausanias, 2.30.9] and accordingly the people of Halicarnassus were referred to by the poetic epithet
Antheades 'descendants of Anthas'.
[Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Athēnai] Alternately, Halicarnassus was founded by Anthas himself.
[Strabo, 8.6.14 & 14.2.16; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Halikarnassos] Anthas also was the presumed eponym of Anthedon, over which he was said to have reigned,
[Pausanias, 9.22.5] and of
Anthana in
Laconia.
[Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Anthana: he is further said to have been killed and Flaying by Cleomenes I, brother of Leonidas I, however chronologically inadequate that may seem.]
See also
Notes
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Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
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Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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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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Strabo, Geographica. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
