Munichus, son of
Dryas, king of the
Molossians and a seer. He was husband of
Lelante and by her father of three sons,
Philaeus,
Alcander and
Megaletor, and of a daughter
Hyperippe. Of them Alcander excelled his father in prophetic abilities. The family were just and righteous and therefore especially favored by the gods. One day, raiders attacked them in the fields; the family ran off to their house and began to throw various objects at them in self-defense, whereupon the offenders set fire to the house.
Zeus would not let his favorites die such a miserable death and changed them all into birds: Munichus into a
buzzard, Lelante into a green woodpecker, Alcander into a
wren, Hyperippe into a
loon, Megaletor into an "ichneumon" and Philaeus into a "dog-bird".[1]
Munichus or Munychus, son of
Panteucles or
Pantacles and a king of
Athens. He was believed to have been the
eponym of the Munichian harbor in
Athens and founder of the temple of
Artemis Munychia in
Peiraeus which he had seized.[2] It was also related that when
Orchomenus was invaded by the
Thracians, the inhabitants of Orchomenus fled to Munichos who welcomed them, and subsequently named the place where he let them dwell Munichia after the hospitable king.[3] He also appeared in a vase painting alongside other allies of
Theseus against the
Amazons.[4] A
hero cult of him existed, as is evident from an inscription found in Peiraeus that reads: "[name missing], son of
Epicharmus, has offered to Munichus".[5]
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.
Suida, Suda Encyclopedia translated by Ross Scaife, David Whitehead, William Hutton, Catharine Roth, Jennifer Benedict, Gregory Hays, Malcolm Heath Sean M. Redmond, Nicholas Fincher, Patrick Rourke, Elizabeth Vandiver, Raphael Finkel, Frederick Williams, Carl Widstrand, Robert Dyer, Joseph L. Rife, Oliver Phillips and many others.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (ed.): Ausführliches Lexikon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie. Band 2. 2 (L-M), Leipzig, 1894–1897. - ss. 3228-3229
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
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Munichus, son of
Dryas, king of the
Molossians and a seer. He was husband of
Lelante and by her father of three sons,
Philaeus,
Alcander and
Megaletor, and of a daughter
Hyperippe. Of them Alcander excelled his father in prophetic abilities. The family were just and righteous and therefore especially favored by the gods. One day, raiders attacked them in the fields; the family ran off to their house and began to throw various objects at them in self-defense, whereupon the offenders set fire to the house.
Zeus would not let his favorites die such a miserable death and changed them all into birds: Munichus into a
buzzard, Lelante into a green woodpecker, Alcander into a
wren, Hyperippe into a
loon, Megaletor into an "ichneumon" and Philaeus into a "dog-bird".[1]
Munichus or Munychus, son of
Panteucles or
Pantacles and a king of
Athens. He was believed to have been the
eponym of the Munichian harbor in
Athens and founder of the temple of
Artemis Munychia in
Peiraeus which he had seized.[2] It was also related that when
Orchomenus was invaded by the
Thracians, the inhabitants of Orchomenus fled to Munichos who welcomed them, and subsequently named the place where he let them dwell Munichia after the hospitable king.[3] He also appeared in a vase painting alongside other allies of
Theseus against the
Amazons.[4] A
hero cult of him existed, as is evident from an inscription found in Peiraeus that reads: "[name missing], son of
Epicharmus, has offered to Munichus".[5]
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.
Suida, Suda Encyclopedia translated by Ross Scaife, David Whitehead, William Hutton, Catharine Roth, Jennifer Benedict, Gregory Hays, Malcolm Heath Sean M. Redmond, Nicholas Fincher, Patrick Rourke, Elizabeth Vandiver, Raphael Finkel, Frederick Williams, Carl Widstrand, Robert Dyer, Joseph L. Rife, Oliver Phillips and many others.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (ed.): Ausführliches Lexikon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie. Band 2. 2 (L-M), Leipzig, 1894–1897. - ss. 3228-3229
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.