Azan (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Azan (Ancient Greek: Ἀζᾶν) may refer to the following personages:

• Azan, son of Arcas of Arcadia and the Dryad Erato, brother of Apheidas, Elatus and Hyperippe. Azania in Arcadia was named after him.[1] He was the father of Cleitor and Coronis, mother of Asclepius by Apollo.[2] When Azan died, the first funeral games in history were held in his honor.[3] It was at these games that Aetolus accidentally killed Apis.[4]
• Azan, husband of Hippolyte, daughter of Dexamenus, who was threatened with violence by the Centaur Eurytion.[5]

Notes

1. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.4.2–3
2. Homeric Hymn to Apollo, 3.209
3. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.4.5
4. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 5.1.8
5. Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.33.1

References

• Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
• Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• 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
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Homeric Hymns. Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.