Coeranus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, the name Coeranus[1] /ˈsɛrənəs/ or Koiranos (Ancient Greek: Κοίρανος "ruler, commander") may refer to:

• Coeranus, an Argive son of Abas, grandson of Melampus, and father of the seer Polyeidos.[2][3][4] Alternately was called son of Cleitus.[5]
• Coeranus, son of Polyeidos (thus grandson of the precedent), brother of Manto and Astycrateia. His own son Euchenor dedicated an image of Dionysus Dasyllius to the god at Megara.[3]
• Coeranus, a Lycian son of Iphitus. He fought in the Trojan War and was killed by Odysseus.[6][7]
• Coeranus, a native of Lyctus in Crete, charioteer and squire of Meriones. He was slain by Hector.[8]

Notes

1. Porphyry's "Homeric Questions" on the "Iliad": Text, Translation, Commentary. Library of Congress cataloging-in-publication data. p. 299. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
2. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.3.1
3. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 1.43.5
4. Hyginus, Fabulae 128 & 136
5. Pherecydes in Scholia on Homer's Iliad 13.663
6. Homer, Iliad 5.677
7. Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.257
8. Homer, Iliad 5.165 & 17.611 ff.

References

• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. 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.
• 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.
• Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.