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====List of offspring==== The following is a list of Hermes's offspring, by various mothers. Beside each offspring, the earliest source to record the parentage is given, along with the century to which the source (in some cases approximately) dates. <div style=display:inline-table> {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" ! scope="col" style="width: 95pt;" |Offspring ! scope="col" style="width: 105pt;" |Mother ! scope="col" style="width: 60pt;" |Source ! scope="col" style="width: 70pt;" |Date ! class="unsortable" scope="col" style="width: 10pt;" | |- |[[Cydon]] |[[Acacallis (mythology)|Acacallis]] |[[Pausanias (geographer)|Paus.]] |data-sort-value=19|2nd cent. AD |<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''[[Description of Greece]]'', [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160%3Abook%3D8%3Achapter%3D53%3Asection%3D4 8.53.4]; Tripp, s.v. Acacallis.</ref> |- |rowspan="3"|[[Ceryx]] |[[Aglaurus]] |[[Pausanias (geographer)|Paus.]] |data-sort-value=19|2nd cent. AD |<ref>''Brill's New Pauly'', s.v. Aglaurus; [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''[[Description of Greece]]'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:1.38.3 1.38.3].</ref> |- |[[Herse]] | |data-sort-value=50| |<ref>''Brill's New Pauly'', s.v. Herse.</ref> |- |[[Pandrosus]] | |data-sort-value=50| | |- |[[Bounos]] |[[Alcidamea|Alcidameia]] |[[Pausanias (geographer)|Paus.]] |data-sort-value=19|2nd cent. AD |<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160%3Abook%3D2%3Achapter%3D3%3Asection%3D10 2.3.10].</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|[[Echion]] |[[Antianeira (daughter of Menelaus)|Antianeira]] | |data-sort-value=50| |<ref>''Brill's New Pauly'', s.v. Echion (2).</ref> |- |[[Laothoe]] |''[[Orphic Argonautica|Orph. Arg.]]'' |data-sort-value=23|4th cent. AD |<ref>Smith, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0104:entry=echion-bio-2 s.v. Echion (2)]; ''[[Orphic Argonautica]]'' 132–6 (Vian, p. 83).</ref> |- |[[Eurytus]] |[[Antianeira (daughter of Menelaus)|Antianeira]] | |data-sort-value=50| |<ref>Smith, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0104:entry=eurytus-bio-3 s.v. Eurytus (3)].</ref> |- |[[Hermaphroditus]] |[[Aphrodite]] |[[Diodorus Siculus|Diod. Sic.]] |data-sort-value=15|1st cent. BC |<ref>Gantz, p. 104; [[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4A*.html#6.5 4.6.5].</ref> |- |[[Astacus (mythology)|Astacus]] |[[Astabe]] | |data-sort-value=50| | |- |rowspan="4"|[[Autolycus]] |[[Philonis]] |[[Hesiod|Hes.]] ''[[Catalogue of Women|Cat.]]'' |data-sort-value=5|6th cent. BC |<ref>Gantz, p. 109; [[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women]]'' [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/hesiod-catalogue_women/2018/pb_LCL503.141.xml fr. 65 (Most, pp. 138–41)]; ''[[Brill's New Jacoby|BNJ]]'' [https://scholarlyeditions-brill-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:fgrh.0003.bnjo-3-tr1-eng:f120 3 F120] [= Scholia on [[Homer]]'s ''[[Odyssey]]'', 19.432].</ref> |- |[[Chione (daughter of Daedalion)|Chione]] |Hyg. ''[[Fabulae|Fab.]]'' |data-sort-value=17|1st cent. AD |<ref>Hyginus, ''[[Fabulae]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/201 201].</ref> |- |[[Stilbe]] |Schol. ''[[Iliad|Il.]]'' |data-sort-value=50| |<ref>''[[Pauly-Wissowa|RE]]'', [https://elexikon.ch/RE/IIIA,2_2521.png s.v. Stilbe (2)]; Scholia on [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'', 10.266.</ref> |- |[[Telauge]] |[[Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]] |data-sort-value=39|12th cent. AD |<ref>''[[Pauly-Wissowa|RE]]'', [https://elexikon.ch/RE/IIIA,2_2521.png s.v. Stilbe (2)].</ref> |- |rowspan="6"|[[Myrtilus]] |[[Cleobule]] | |data-sort-value=50| | |- |[[Clymene (mythology)|Clymene]] |[[Pherecydes of Athens|Pherecydes]] |data-sort-value=7|5th cent. BC |<ref>''[[Brill's New Jacoby|BNJ]]'' 3 F37a [= Scholia on [[Apollonius of Rhodes]], 1.752-8a].</ref> |- |[[Clytie]] |Hyg. ''[[De astronomia|De astr.]]'' |data-sort-value=16|1st cent. BC/AD |<ref>Hyginus, ''[[De astronomia]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/207#2.13.4 2.13.4].</ref> |- |[[Myrto (Amazon)|Myrto]] |[[Pherecydes of Athens|Pherecydes]] |data-sort-value=7|5th cent. BC |<ref name="ReferenceE">''Brill's New Pauly'', s.v. Myrtilus (1); ''[[Brill's New Jacoby|BNJ]]'' 3 F37a [= Scholia on [[Apollonius of Rhodes]], 1.752-8a].</ref> |- |[[Danaïdes|Phaethusa]] |[[Pherecydes of Athens|Pherecydes]] |data-sort-value=7|5th cent. BC |<ref name="ReferenceE"/> |- |[[Theobule]] |Hyg. ''[[Fabulae|Fab.]]'' |data-sort-value=17|1st cent. AD |<ref>''Brill's New Pauly'', s.v. Myrtilus (1); Hyginus, ''[[Fabulae]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#224 224].</ref> |- |[[Polybus of Sicyon|Polybus]] |[[Chthonophyle]] |[[Pausanias (geographer)|Paus.]] |data-sort-value=19|2nd cent. AD |<ref>''Brill's New Pauly'', s.v. Polybus (3); [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:2.6.6 2.6.6].</ref> |- |[[Eleusis (mythology)|Eleusis]] |[[List of Oceanids|Daeira]] |[[Pausanias (geographer)|Paus.]] |data-sort-value=19|2nd cent. AD |<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160%3Abook%3D1%3Achapter%3D38%3Asection%3D7 1.38.7].</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|[[Pan (god)|Pan]] |Daughter of [[Dryope]] |''[[Homeric Hymn|HH]]'' 19 |data-sort-value=50| |<ref>Gantz, p. 110; ''[[Homeric Hymn]] to Pan'' (19), [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg019.perseus-eng1:1 34–9].</ref> |- |[[Penelope (mother of Pan)|Penelope]] |[[Herodotus|Hdt.]] |data-sort-value=7|5th cent. BC |<ref>Hard, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA215 p. 215–6]; [[Herodotus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-eng1:2.145 2.145].</ref> |- |[[Norax]] |[[Erytheia (mythology)|Erytheia]] |[[Pausanias (geographer)|Paus.]] |data-sort-value=19|2nd cent. AD |<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+10.17.5 10.17.5]</ref> |- |[[Aethalides]] |[[Eupolemeia]] |Hyg. ''[[Fabulae|Fab.]]'' |data-sort-value=17|1st cent. AD |<ref>Smith, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0104:entry=aethalides-bio-1 s.v. Aethalides]; Hyginus, ''[[Fabulae]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#14 14].</ref> |- |The [[Cephalonia]]ns |[[Calypso (mythology)|Calypso]] |[[Hesiod|Hes.]] ''[[Catalogue of Women|Cat.]]'' |data-sort-value=5|6th cent. BC |<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women]]'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=CgGbIKguHwsC&pg=PA173 fr. 98 Most (pp. 172, 173)] [= fr. 150 Merkelbach-West].</ref> |- |[[Daphnis]] |Unnamed nymph |[[Diodorus Siculus|Diod. Sic.]] |data-sort-value=15|1st cent. BC |<ref>Hard, p. 211; [[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4D*.html#84.2 4.84.2].</ref> |- |[[Cephalus of Athens|Cephalus]] |[[Herse]] |[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollod.]] |data-sort-value=18|1st/2nd cent. AD |<ref>''Brill's New Pauly'', s.v. Herse; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:3.14.3 3.14.3].</ref> |- |[[Gigas (Greek myth)|Gigas]] |[[Hiereia]] |[[Tzetzes]] |data-sort-value=39|12th cent. AD |<ref>''[[Pauly-Wissowa|RE]]'', [https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/RE:Gigas s.v. Gigas]; [[Tzetzes]] on [[Lycophron]], 42.</ref> |- |[[Evander of Pallene|Evander]] |Themis |[[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|Dion. Hal.]] |data-sort-value=15|1st cent. BC |<ref>[[Dionysius of Halicarnassus]], ''Roman Antiquities'', [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus/1B*.html#13.1 1.13.1], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus/2A*.html#1.3 2.3.1].</ref> |- |[[Prylis (mythology)|Prylis]] |[[Issa (mythology)|Issa]] |Schol. [[Lycophron|Lyc.]] |data-sort-value=50| |<ref>''Brill's New Pauly'', s.v. Prylis (1); Scholia on [[Lycophron]]'s ''Alexandra'', 219–21.</ref> |- |[[Lycus (mythology)|Lycus]], [[Pherespondus]], [[Pronomus]] |[[Iphthime]] |[[Nonnus]] |data-sort-value=7|5th cent. AD |<ref>Allan, p. 28.</ref> |- |[[Libys (mythology)|Libys]] |[[Libya (mythology)|Libye]] |Hyg. ''[[Fabulae|Fab.]]'' |data-sort-value=17|1st cent. AD |<ref>Hyginus, ''[[Fabulae]]'', [https://topostext.org/work/206#160 160].</ref> |- |[[Bakırçay|Caicus]] |[[Ocyrhoe]] |[[Pseudo-Plutarch|Ps.-Plut.]] ''[[De fluviis|Fluv.]]'' |data-sort-value=19|2nd cent. AD |<ref>Smith, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0104:entry=caicus-bio-1 s.v. Caicus]; [[Pseudo-Plutarch]], ''[[De fluviis]]'' [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0400%3Achapter%3D21 21.1].</ref> |- |[[Agreus|Nomios]] |[[Penelope (dryad)]] | |data-sort-value=50| | |- |[[Pharis (mythology)|Pharis]] |[[Phylodameia]] |[[Pausanias (geographer)|Paus.]] |data-sort-value=19|2nd cent. AD |<ref>Smith, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0104:entry=pharis-bio-1 s.v. Pharis (1)]; [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:4.30.2 4.30.2].</ref> |- |[[Eudoros]] |[[Polymele]] |[[Homer|Hom.]] ''[[Iliad|Il.]]'' |data-sort-value=1|8th cent. BC |<ref>Gantz, p. 107; [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134%3Abook%3D16%3Acard%3D155 16.179–186].</ref> |- |[[Saon (mythology)|Saon]] |[[Rhene (mythology)|Rhene]] |[[Diodorus Siculus|Diod. Sic.]] |data-sort-value=15|1st cent. BC |<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], ''Library of History'' 5.48.2.</ref> |- |[[Linus (mythology)|Linus]] |[[Urania]] |''[[Suda]]'' |data-sort-value=35|10th cent. AD |<ref>''[[Suda]]'' [https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/lambda/568 λ 568].</ref> |- |[[Agreus]] |[[Sose (mythology)|Sose]] | |data-sort-value=50| | |- |[[Abderus]] |Unnamed mortal woman |[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollod.]] |data-sort-value=18|1st/2nd cent. AD |<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:2.5.8 2.5.8].</ref> |- |Arabus |[[Thronia]] |[[Hesiod|Hes.]] ''[[Catalogue of Women|Cat.]]'' |data-sort-value=5|6th cent. BC |<ref>Parada, s.v. Arabus, p. 24; [[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women]]'' [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/hesiod-catalogue_women/2018/pb_LCL503.173.xml fr. 88 Most (pp. 172, 173)] [= [[Strabo]], ''Geographica'' [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Strabo/1B2*.html#ref105 1.2.34]].</ref> |- |[[Dolops]] |rowspan="5"|''No mother mentioned'' | |data-sort-value=50| |<ref>Smith, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0104:entry=dolops-bio-1 s.v. Dolops].</ref> |- |[[Eurymachus]] |Schol. ''[[Iliad|Il.]]'' |data-sort-value=50| |<ref>''[[Pauly-Wissowa|RE]]'', [https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/RE:Eurymachos_1 s.v. Eurymachos (1)].</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Köppen, Johann Heinrich Just|title=Erklärende Anmerkungen zu Homers Ilias|last2=Heinrich, Karl Friedrich|last3=Krause, Johann Christian Heinrich|year=1818|volume=2|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=SoATAAAAQAAJ&dq=Eriboea+daughter+of+Eurymachus&pg=PA72 72]}}</ref> |- |[[Palaestra (mythology)#Palaestra, daughter of Hermes|Palaestra]] |[[Philostratus the Elder|Philostr.]] |data-sort-value=21|3rd cent. AD |<ref>[[Philostratus the Elder]], ''[[Imagines (work by Philostratus)|Imagines]]'' [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/philostratus_elder-imagines_book_ii_32_palaestra/1931/pb_LCL256.263.xml 2.32.28–9 (pp. 262, 263)].</ref> |- |[[Angelia]] |[[Pindar]] |data-sort-value=7|5th cent. BC |<ref>[[Pindar]], ''Olympian'' [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/pindar-olympian_odes/1997/pb_LCL056.145.xml 8.80–84].</ref> |} </div>
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