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In Greek mythology, Arion or Areion (/ ə ˈ r aɪ. ə n /; Ancient Greek: Ἀρίων, Ἀρείων), is a divinely-bred, fabulously fast, black-maned horse. He saved the life of Adrastus, king of Argos, during the war of the Seven against Thebes. Arion was (by most accounts) the offspring of Poseidon and Demeter.
27 feb 2023 · Arion was a horse descended from the gods. Homer described him as a “swift horse…of heavenly stock,” and these qualities—speed and divinity—appear to have been the creature’s defining attributes. The common tradition imagined Arion as a dark horse, or at least as dark-maned.
Arion was an immortal horse in Greek mythology, which was very fast and bred by the gods. According to a source, it also had the ability to speak. The various sources differ on how the horse was bred. Some say that it was foaled by the goddess Demeter after sleeping with Poseidon, while others that it was the goddess of Earth, Gaea, that gave ...
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PARENTS
[1.1] POSEIDON & DEMETER (Apollodorus 3.77, Pausanias 8.25.5) [1.2] POSEIDON (Statius Thebaid 6.301) [2.1] GAIA (Pausanias 8.25.5) [3.1] ZEPHYROS & HARPYIA (Quintus Smyrnaeus 4.569)
OFFSPRING
[1.1] STHENELOS' HORSE (Quintus Smyrnaeus 4.569)
ARI′ON (Ariôn). A fabulous horse, which Poseidon begot by Demeter; for in order to escape from the pursuit of Poseidon, the goddess had metamorphosed herself into a mare, and Poseidon deceived her by assuming the figure of a horse. Demeter afterwards gave birth to the horse Arion, and a daughter whose name remained unknown to the uninitiated. (Paus...
Homer, Iliad 23. 346 ff (trans. Lattimore) (Greek epic C8th B.C.) : "[A chariot race :] There is none who could sprint to make it up, nor close you, nor pass you, not if the man behind you were driving the great Arion, the swift horse of Adrestos (Adrastus), whose birth is from the immortals." Homerica, The Thebaid Fragment 3 (trans. Evelyn-White) ...
GREEK
1. Homer, The Iliad - Greek Epic C8th B.C. 2. Hesiod, The Shield of Heracles - Greek Epic C8th - 7th B.C. 3. Epic Cycle, The Thebaid Fragments - Greek Epic C8th - 7th B.C. 4. Apollodorus, The Library - Greek Mythography C2nd A.D. 5. Callimachus, Fragments - Greek Poetry C3rd B.C. 6. Strabo, Geography - Greek Geography C1st B.C. - C1st A.D. 7. Pausanias, Description of Greece - Greek Travelogue C2nd A.D. 8. Greek Papyri III Pancrates, Fragments - Greek Poetry C2nd A.D 9. Oppian, Cynegetica - G...
ROMAN
1. Propertius, Elegies - Latin Elegy C1st B.C. 2. Statius, Thebaid - Latin Epic C1st A.D.
Arion on a Sea Horse, by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1855) Arion ( / əˈraɪən /; Greek: Ἀρίων) was a kitharode in ancient Greece, a Dionysiac poet credited with inventing the dithyramb. The islanders of Lesbos claimed him as their native son, but Arion found a patron in Periander, tyrant of Corinth. Although notable for his musical ...
Arion is a mythical creature in Greek mythology that takes the form of a giant, extremely swift horse. According to some accounts, Arion was born from a union of the Sea god Poseidon in the form of a stallion and the Earth goddess Demeter in the form of a Fury.
19 ott 2019 · Arion was an ancient Greek mythical creature that took the form of a giant, extremely swift horse. Arion was endowed with both eternal life and the ability to speak. By some accounts Arion was born from a union of the Sea god Poseidon in the form of a stallion and the Earth
