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Feb 27, 2023 · Arion also featured prominently in the Thebaid (probably mid/late sixth century BCE), an epic that recounted the tale of the Seven against Thebes. This epic, unfortunately, is known today only from fragments.
Arion was (by most accounts) the offspring of Poseidon and Demeter. [3] When the goddess Demeter was searching for her daughter Persephone, she was pursued by Poseidon. To escape Poseidon, Demeter turned herself into a mare and hid among the mares of Oncius, king of Thelpusa in Arcadia.
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[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.
In Thebaid, Arion is said to have been 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. Pindar wrote that Arion was a swift and immortal horse that could speak, while Ovid described Arion as a horse that was so fast that it could run on water.
Pathros is Upper Egypt, the Thebaid. In the following clause this is described as “the land of their birth” (Marg.). According to ancient testimony and the opinion of many moderns, this was the original seat of Egyptian power. It may, however, be put only as the part for the whole—Pathros for Egypt. Shall be there a base kingdom.—
The first allusion to Thebes in classical literature is the familiar passage of the Iliad (ix. 381-385): "Egyptian Thebes, were are vast treasures laid up in the houses; where are a hundred gates, and from each two hundred men to forth with horses and chariots."
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Role in Mythos: Arion serves as a wondrous steed for heroes and gods, most notably being associated with the god Poseidon and King Adrastus. Relation to Humans: Arion is generally depicted as an aid to gods and heroes in perilous journeys or quests, using its remarkable speed to evade danger.
