Cephalus
Ancient Greek name
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Cephalus or Kephalos (; ) is the son of Hermes, and a hero-figure in Greek mythology. Cephalus carried as a theophoric name by historical persons. The root of this name is κεφαλ, meaning "head".
Mythological
- Cephalus, son of Hermes and Herse.
- Cephalus, son of Deion/Deioneos, husband of Procris, loved by Eos.
Historical
- Cephalus, son of Lysanias from Syracuse (5th century BCE), a wealthy metic and elderly arms manufacturer living in Athens who engages in dialogue with Socrates in Plato's Republic. He was the father of orator Lysias, philosopher Polemarchus and Euthydemus.
- Cephalus, Athenian orator who flourished after the time of the Thirty Tyrants.
- Cephalus, a Molossian who sided with Perseus in the Third Macedonian War.
Notes
References
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
References
- "Logeion".
- "Logeion".
- [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus). Apollodorus]], 3.14.3
- [[Gaius Julius Hyginus. Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 125
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology [https://books.google.com/books?id=H8QPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA191&dq=Cephalus+Antinous] by William Smith
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