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👤 Belos (Egyptian)

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  • Information
    son of Poseidon and Libya
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q617753
    Gender
    Male
    Identified with
    👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god
    Birth
    Has a twin
    Son of
    👤 Poseidon Olympian god👤 Libya daughter of Epaphos
    Father of
    👤 Aigyptos (eponym) eponym of Egypt, father of fifty sons👤 Danaos father of the Danaids👤 Cepheus (f. of Andromeda) father of Andromeda👤 Phineus (Ethiopian) son of Belos👤 Thronia (d. of Belos) daughter of Belos👤 Theias king of the Assyrians
    Twin of
    👤 Agenor (f. of Europe) son of Poseidon, father of Europe
    Husband of
    👤 Anchinoe daughter of Nile
    Has children with
    👤 Anchinoe daughter of Nile
    Settles in
    🌍 Babylon (Mesopotamia) city in Mesopotamia
    Ruler of
    🌍 Egypt region in North Africa
    Related entities
    👤 Agenor (f. of Europe) son of Poseidon, father of Europe👤 Poseidon Olympian god👤 Libya daughter of Epaphos👤 Epaphos (s. of Io) son of Zeus and Io🌍 Egypt region in North Africa👤 Anchinoe daughter of Nile👤 Aigyptos (eponym) eponym of Egypt, father of fifty sons👤 Danaos father of the Danaids👤 Cepheus (f. of Andromeda) father of Andromeda👤 Phineus (Ethiopian) son of Belos🌍 Libya (North Africa) region in North Africa🌍 Arabia region in south-eastern Aegean🌍 Babylon (Mesopotamia) city in Mesopotamia👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god👤 Thronia (d. of Belos) daughter of Belos👤 Leucothoe (Persian) daughter of Orchamus and Eurynome, mother of Thersanor👤 Orchamus father of Leucothoe👤 Theias king of the Assyrians👥 the Danaids daughters of Danaos
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.1.4📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.1.1📖 Pausanias 7.21.13📖 Diodoros, Library 1.28.1-1.28.3📖 Diodoros, Library 2.7.1-2.9.9📖 Pomponius Mela 1.64📖 Ovid, Ibis 355-356📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.42📖 Strabo 1.2.30-1.2.35📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.190-4.273📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.604-4.662📖 Diodoros, Library 6.1.6-6.1.10📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 34📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.1-10.85📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.416-4.542📖 Ovid, Heroides 14
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryPausaniasDiodoros, LibraryPomponius MelaOvid, IbisD-Scholia, IliadStraboOvid, MetamorphosesAntoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesOvid, Heroides
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    EuripidesApollodoros, LibraryHesiod, EhoiaiEuhemerus
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Euripides fr. 881 Nauck📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.1.4📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 88 Most📖 Euhemerus test. 61 Winiarczyk
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Egypt region in North Africa
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