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Athos (mythology)
Giant in Greek mythology
Giant in Greek mythology
In Greek mythology, Athos (; , ) was a giant that Poseidon fought. He is best known for the creation of Mount Athos, a mountain and peninsula in Chalcidice, northern Greece, which is now an important centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism. In Greek it is commonly called Άγιον Όρος, meaning 'Holy Mountain'.
Family
In one account however, he was said to be the son of Poseidon himself by the Naiad nymph Rhodope, daughter of the river-god Strymon (the modern Struma).
Mythology
The mountain took its name after this Athos, who was attacked by Poseidon, the god of the sea. The citation is incomplete, as it fails to establish that the mountain was named from the giant. Stephanus of Byzantium attributed the story to some lost work by Nicander, where he apparently described Poseidon hurling two blocks with his hands against the gigantic Athos. Eustathius of Thessalonica says that then Poseidon trapped Athos under the mountain.
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Bibliography
References
- Scholia on [[Theocritus]], ''Idylls'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZgUd8TCc6UYC&pg=PA87 7.76]
- [[Scholia]] on the ''[[Iliad]]'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=1EQVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA173 14.229b]
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