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Several figures in Greek mythology
Cometes (
Ancient Greek : Κομήτης) may refer to the following figures in
Greek mythology :
Cometes, son of
Thestius and brother of
Prothous and
Althaea .
[1]
Cometes, the
Peirasian father of
Asterius , one of the
Argonauts .
[2] His wife could be
Antigona , daughter of
Pheres , who was called mother of the said hero.
[3]
Cometes, one of the
Lapiths attending
Pirithous ' wedding. He was killed by
Charaxus , his friend, accidentally.
[4]
Cometes, was the lover of
Aegialia , wife of
Diomedes , when the latter was fighting at
Troy . Cometes was son of
Sthenelus , son of
Capaneus , son of
Hipponous .
[5]
Cometes, was the first among the sons of
Tisamenus to sail to
Asia . It was under the reign of Tisamenus, son of
Orestes , that the
Heracleidae returned to the
Peloponnesus .
[6]
Notes
References
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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.
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ISBN
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Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library .
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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.
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