Thoas was a king of Lemnos. [15] According to the 1st-century BC historian Diodorus Siculus, Thoas had been a general of the wise Cretan king Rhadamanthus (the brother of Minos and Ariadne's uncle) who gave to Thoas the island of Lemnos. [16]

Thoas (or Thoon?), a Giant who, according to the mythographer Apollodorus, along with the Giant Agrius, was killed by the Moirai (Fates) with bronze clubs, during the Gigantomachy, the battle fought between the Giants and the Olympian gods.

An antique fresco in Pompeii depicting a scene from 'Iphigenia in Tauris' showing Orestes, Pylades and King Thoas In Greek mythology, Thoas (Ancient Greek: Θόας, lit. 'fleet, swift') [1] was a king of the Taurians, a barbaric tribe in Crimea. [2]

Nov 13, 2024 · In Greek mythology, Thoas was a king of the Taurians, a tribe in Crimea, ruling when Agamemnon's daughter Iphigenia arrived to serve as Artemis’s priestess.

Thoas, who received from his uncle Rhadamanthys the island of Lemnos (situated in the northern part of the Aegean Sea) became its king. After some time Thoas lost his throne when the women of the island revolted against their unfaithful husbands.

In Greek mythology, Thoas was a son of the god Dionysus and Ariadne, the daughter of the Cretan king Minos. He was the king of Lemnos when the Lemnian women dec...

Thoas is the son of Dionysus and Ariadne. He fathered Hypsipyle and Sicinus with his wife, Myrina. He was given Lemnos by Rhadamanthys, where he ruled until the women of Lemnos revolted against their unfaithful husbands. Thoas escaped to Tauris, where he became king. His daughter Hypsipyle...

Jan 9, 2017 · Thoas 2. A son of Dionysus and Ariadne. (Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. 3.997; Stat. Theb. 4.769 .) He was king of Lemnos and married to Myrina, by whom he became the father of Hypsipyle and Sicinus. ( Hom. Il. 14.230; Diod. 5.79; Schol. ad Apollon. 1.601; Hygin. Fab. 15, 120 ; Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 1374.)

Thoas, Briseis Painter, Pergamon Museum 2300 In Greek mythology, Thoas, son of Andraimon, was one of the heroes who fought for the Greeks in the Trojan War. He was a former suitor of Helen of Troy and led a group of forty ships for the Aetolians, one of the larger contigents.

Thoas (7), suitor of Penelope Apollod. E.7.25 The Annenberg CPB/Project provided support for entering this text.