- Information
- son of Aiolos, king of Corinth, punished in the Underworld
- Son of
- 👤 Aiolos (eponym) 👤 Enarete
- Father of
- 👤 Glaucos (Corinthian) 👤 Melicertes 👤 Odysseus 👤 Almos 👤 Ornytion 👤 Thersandros (Corinthian)
- Husband of
- 👤 Merope (Atlantid)
- Has children with
- 👤 Merope (Atlantid)
- Founder of
- 🌍 Corinth (Argolid)
- Ruler of
- 🌍 Corinth (Argolid)
- Establishes games at
- 🌍 Isthmia (Argolid)
- Buried at
- 🌍 the Isthmos of Corinth
- Has post-mortem existence at
- 🌍 the Underworld 🌍 River Styx (Underworld)
- Cult sites
- 🌍 the Sanctuary of Sisyphos at Corinth
- Dwelling
- 🏛️ the Palace of Sisyphos (Argolid)
- Related Entities
- 👤 Aigina 👤 Aiolos (eponym) 👤 Alcyone (Thessalian) 👤 Asopos (river god) 👤 Athamas (Orchomenian) 👤 Athena 👤 Calchas 👤 Calyce 👤 Canace 👤 Cecrops (Athenian I) 👤 Cretheus (Thessalian) 👤 Deion (s. of Aiolos) 👤 Enarete 👤 Eurymede (m. of Bellerophon) 👤 Hades 👤 Zeus 👤 Glaucos (Corinthian) 🌍 the Underworld 👤 Ixion (Lapith) 👤 Jason (Argonaut) 🌍 Corinth (Argolid) 🌍 the Isthmos of Corinth 👤 Orion (hunter) 👤 Peisidice (d. of Aiolos) 👤 Perieres (Messenian) 👤 Perimede (d. of Aiolos) 👤 Magnes (s. of Aiolos) 👤 Medeia 👤 Melicertes 👤 Merope (Atlantid) 👤 Minos 👤 Neleus (Pylian) 👥 the Nereids 👤 Nestor 👤 Odysseus 👤 Salmoneus 👤 Tantalos (Lydian) 👤 Telephos 👤 Tityos 👥 the Danaids 🌍 River Styx (Underworld) 🌍 Isthmia (Argolid) 👤 Thanatos 👤 Almos 👤 Ornytion 👤 Thersandros (Corinthian) 🏛️ the Tomb of Melicertes (Isthmia) 🏛️ Spring Peirene (Acrocorinth) 🏛️ the Altar of Melicertes near Crommyon (Argolid) 👤 Erysichthon (s. of Triops) 👤 Mestra 🌍 the Sanctuary of Sisyphos at Corinth 🏛️ the Palace of Sisyphos (Argolid)
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.3.1 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.7.3 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.3 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.4.3 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.10.1 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.12.6 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 978-992 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1027-1033 📖 Pausanias 9.24.3 📖 Pausanias 2.1.3 📖 Pausanias 2.2.2 📖 Pausanias 2.4.3 📖 Pausanias 2.5.1 📖 Pausanias 10.30.5 📖 Homer, Odyssey 11.568-11.600 📖 Euripides, Cyclops 96-110 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 5 Most 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 10 Most 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 69 Most 📖 Homer, Iliad 6.143-6.190 📖 Euripides, Medeia 1351-1385 📖 Pausanias 2.3.10-2.3.11 📖 Pausanias 9.17.4-9.17.7 📖 Pausanias 5.2.1-5.2.5 📖 Pausanias 10.31.10-10.31.12 📖 Pausanias 9.34.6-9.34.10 📖 Sophocles, Aias 172-200 📖 Nostoi fr. 5 West 📖 Eumelos, Corinthiaca fr. 23 West 📖 Eumelos, Corinthiaca fr. 24 West 📖 Panyassis, Heracleia fr. 18 West 📖 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 25 📖 Lucian, On Funerals 7-8 📖 Lucian, Zeus Catechized 18 📖 Lucian, Menippus, or the Descent into Hades 14 📖 Lucian, The Dream, or the Cock 26 📖 Lucian, The Lover of Lies 25 📖 Lucian, The Ship, or the Wishes 21 📖 Lucian, Gout 1-29 📖 Pindar, Olympian 13 40-92 📖 Pindar fr. 5 Snell-Maehler 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.180 📖 Euripides, Medeia 364–409 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 6.153 📖 Strabo 8.6.21 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.416-4.542 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 18.486c 📖 Vergil, Georgics 3.1-3.39 📖 Diodoros, Library 6.6.1-6.7.4 📖 Callimachus fr. 384 Pfeiffer 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.1-13.42
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, Library Nostoi Homer, Iliad Lycophron, Alexandra Homer, Odyssey Eumelos, Corinthiaca Pausanias Pindar Euripides, Cyclops Hesiod, Ehoiai Euripides, Medeia Sophocles, Aias Strabo Panyassis, Heracleia Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories Lucian, On Funerals Lucian, Zeus Catechized Lucian, Menippus, or the Descent into Hades Lucian, The Dream, or the Cock Lucian, The Lover of Lies Lucian, The Ship, or the Wishes Lucian, Gout Pindar, Olympian 13 Diodoros, Library D-Scholia, Iliad Callimachus Ovid, Metamorphoses Vergil, Georgics
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Nostoi fr. 5 West 📖 Eumelos, Corinthiaca fr. 23 West 📖 Eumelos, Corinthiaca fr. 24 West 📖 Pherecydes of Athens fr. 119 Fowler 📖 Hellanicos fr. 19 Fowler ⚒️ Elegaic Inscription on the Statue of Timon at Olympia (Not Extant)
- Depictions
- 🎨 Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Vatican 2465; ASR III, no. 3, no. 423) 🎨 Wall paintings from a House in the Via Graziosa, Rome (Vatican 41013, 41016, 41024, 41026)
- Reported depictions
- 🎨 Wall Painting of Odysseus in the Underworld in the Lesche of the Cnidians, Delphi, by Polygnotos (LIMC Nekyia 6)
- Reported to be mentioned in inscriptions at
- 🌍 Elis (city)