Ilus
In Greek mythology, Ilus (/ˈiːloʊs/; Ancient Greek: Ἶλος Ilos) is the name of several mythological persons associated directly or indirectly with Troy.
- Ilus, the son of Dardanus, and the legendary founder of Dardania.[1]
- Ilus, the son of Tros, and the legendary founder of Troy.[2]
- Ilus, son of Mermerus, and grandson of Jason and Medea. This Ilus lived at Ephyra, between Elis and Olympia. In a tale recounted in The Odyssey, he played host to Odysseus, but when Odysseus requested from Ilus poison for his arrows, he declined, from fear of divine vengeance.[3]
- Ilus, an ally of Turnus, the man who opposed Aeneas in Italy.[4]
Notes
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.12.2
- Homer, Iliad 20.230-240
- Homer, Iliad 1.259
- Virgil, Aeneid 10.400
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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.
- 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 Vergilius Maro, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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