Salmoneus

ἴσον ἔχουσαν πατρὶ μένος καὶ ἐπίφρονα βουλήν (Hesiod, Theogony 896) → equal to her father in strength and in wise understanding (on Athena necklace)

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Σαλμωνεύς, -έως, ὁ, or say, son of Aeolus.

Salmōneus: (trisyl.), ĕos, m., = Σαλμωνεύς,>
I a son of Æolus, brother of Sisyphus, who imitated lightning with burning torches, and was on that account hurled into Tartarus by a thunderbolt from Jupiter, Hyg. Fab. 60; 61; 250; Verg. A. 6, 585 Serv.; Claud. in Rufin. 2, 514; Epigr. ap. Sphaer. Archim. 18.—Hence, Salmōnis, ĭdis, f., = Σαλμωνίς,> Tyro, a daughter of Salmoneus, mother of Neleus and Pelias by Neptune, who assumed the form of Enipeus, Prop. 3, 19 (4, 18), 13; 1, 13, 21; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 43; Hyg. Fab. 157.

Salmōneūs,¹⁶ ĕī ou ĕos, m. (Σαλμωνεύς), Salmonée [fils d’Éole, foudroyé par Jupiter] : Virg. En. 6, 585.