Editing Rhodos (section)

== Family ==
Various parents were given for Rhodos. [[Pindar]] makes her a daughter of [[Aphrodite]] with no father mentioned,<ref>[[Pindar]], ''Olympian Odes'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Pind.%20O.%207&lang=original 7.14]</ref> although scholia on Pindar add [[Poseidon]] as the father;<ref>Scholia on Pindar, ''Olympian Odes'' [https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg5034.tlg001a.perseus-grc1:7.25 7.25]</ref> for [[Herodorus of Heraclea]] she was the daughter of Aphrodite and Poseidon,<ref>[[Herodorus]], fr. 62 Fowler (Fowler 2000, [https://books.google.com/books?id=j0nRE4C2WBgC&pg=PA253 p. 253]), apud schol. Pindar ''Olympian'' 7.24–5; Fowler 2013, [https://books.google.com/books?id=scd8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA591 p. 591].</ref>  while according to [[Diodorus Siculus]] she was the daughter of Poseidon and [[Halia of Rhodes|Halia]], one of the [[Telchines]], the original rulers of Rhodes.<ref>Diodorus Siculus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/5D*.html#55.4 5.55.4]</ref> According to [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]] (referring to her as "Rhode") she was a daughter of Poseidon and [[Amphitrite]], and full sister to [[Triton (mythology)|Triton]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:1.4.5 1.4.5] (with [[James George Frazer|Frazer]]'s note 3); Fowler 2013, [https://books.google.com/books?id=scd8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA14 p. 14].</ref> However, for [[Epimenides]], her father was [[Oceanus]],<ref>[[Epimenides]], fr. 11 Fowler (Fowler 2000, [https://books.google.com/books?id=j0nRE4C2WBgC&pg=PA98 p. 98]); Fowler 2013, [https://books.google.com/books?id=scd8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA14 p. 14]</ref> while according to a scholion on ''[[Odyssey]]'' 17.208 (calling her "Rhode"), her father was the river-god [[Asopus]], thus making her a [[Naiad]].<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.14.3 3.14.3 n. 2] with commentary of [[James George Frazer|Frazer]]; Fowler 2013, [https://books.google.com/books?id=scd8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA591 p. 591]</ref> Perhaps misreading Pindar, Asclepiades ("presumably the mythographer" [[Asclepiades of Tragilus]]) gives her father as Helios.<ref>Fowler 2013, [https://books.google.com/books?id=scd8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA14 p. 14]</ref>

Rhode together with Helios or Poseidon were the ancestors of [[Ialysus (mythology)|Ialysus]], [[Cameirus (mythology)|Cameirus]] and [[Lindus (mythology)|Lindus]], eponyms of the cities of Rhodes.<ref>[[Tzetzes]] ad [[Lycophron]], [https://topostext.org/work/860#923 923] [https://archive.org/details/isaakioukaiiann00mlgoog/page/875/mode/1up?view=theater (Gk text)]</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}}