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- In Greek mythology, Arion or Areion (/ əˈraɪ.ən /; 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.
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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 figures prominently in the Roman poet Statius's first-century Latin epic Thebaid. Statius gives a long description of Arion, as the horse is led out to compete in the race at the first Nemean Games :
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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.
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.
The seer of Phoebus hoped by drawing tight his rein and turning close around the goal to gain first place; and the Thessalian hero too feels hope glow nearer, while Arion, defying control, dashes here and there in circles and strays rightward from the course.
The Thebaid (/ ˈ θ iː b eɪ. ɪ d /; Latin: Thēbaïs, lit. 'Song of Thebes') is a Latin epic poem written by the Roman poet Statius. Published in the early 90s AD, it contains 9748 lines arranged in 12 books, and recounts the clash of two brothers, Eteocles and Polynices, over the throne of the Greek city of Thebes.
First came Arion, conspicuous for the flame of his red mane. His Sire was Neptune, if legend is true, who was the first with bridle And bit to break a colt on the sandy shore, sparing him the whip; A colt with insatiable desire for motion, restless as the wintry sea.
