Hyperes, a
Boeotian son of
Poseidon and the
PleiadAlcyone, and brother of
Anthas. He was the father of
Arethusa,[2] mother of
Abas by Poseidon. Hyperes and his brother Anthas reigned over what later became
Troezen and were founders of the cities Hyperea and Anthea respectively.[3] Two brands of Troezenian wine, Anthedonias and Hypereias, were believed to have been named after certain "Anthus and Hyperus", who apparently are the same figures.[4] See also
Hyperenor.
Hyperes, another Boeotian as son of
Melas and
Eurycleia. He lived by a spring which was named Hypereia after him.[5]
^Athenaeus, 1.31C, referring to
Aristotle. Cf. also
Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae 19, for citation of likely the same passage from Aristotle, and a story of a brother and a sister,
Anthus and Hypera, taken from Mnasigeiton.
Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
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Hyperes, a
Boeotian son of
Poseidon and the
PleiadAlcyone, and brother of
Anthas. He was the father of
Arethusa,[2] mother of
Abas by Poseidon. Hyperes and his brother Anthas reigned over what later became
Troezen and were founders of the cities Hyperea and Anthea respectively.[3] Two brands of Troezenian wine, Anthedonias and Hypereias, were believed to have been named after certain "Anthus and Hyperus", who apparently are the same figures.[4] See also
Hyperenor.
Hyperes, another Boeotian as son of
Melas and
Eurycleia. He lived by a spring which was named Hypereia after him.[5]
^Athenaeus, 1.31C, referring to
Aristotle. Cf. also
Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae 19, for citation of likely the same passage from Aristotle, and a story of a brother and a sister,
Anthus and Hypera, taken from Mnasigeiton.
Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.