Editing Halirrhothius

{{Short description|Son of Poseidon in Greek mythology}}
'''Halirrhothius''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|h|æ|l|ᵻ|ˈ|r|oʊ|θ|i|ə|s}}; {{langx|grc|Ἁλιρρόθιος|Halirrhóthios|sea-foam}}<ref>{{Cite book|title=Based on H.J. Rose's Handbook of Greek Mythology|last=The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology by Robin Hard|publisher=Taylor & Francis Group|year=2004|isbn=0-203-44633-X|location=New York, NY|pages=365}}</ref>) was the [[Athens|Athenian]] son of [[Poseidon]] and [[Euryte]]<ref name=":1" /> or [[Bathycleia]]<ref name=":0">[[Scholia]] on [[Pindar]], ''Olympian Ode'' 10.83c</ref> in [[Greek mythology]]. He was also called the son of [[Perieres (king of Messenia)|Perieres]] and husband of [[Alcyone (mythology)|Alcyone]] who bore him two sons, [[Serus]] and [[Alazygus]].<ref>Scholia on Pindar, ''Olympian Ode'' 10.83 as cited in [[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women|Ehoiai]]'' fr. 64</ref> Another son of Halirrhothius, [[Samos (mythology)|Samos]] of Mantinea was the victor of the four-horse chariot during the first Olympic games established by Heracles.<ref>Pindar, ''Olympian Odes'' 10.70</ref>

== Mythology ==
[[File:Ares villa Hadriana.jpg|thumb|upright|Statue of Ares]]
When Halirrhothius raped [[Alcippe (daughter of Ares)|Alcippe]], [[Ares]]'s daughter by [[Aglaulus]], Ares killed him. Ares was then tried for this in a court made up of his fellow gods. The trial was held on a hill adjacent to the Acropolis of Athens, known as the [[Areopagus]]. Ares was acquitted.<ref name=":1">[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.14.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=3:chapter=14&highlight=Euryte 3.14.2]</ref> According to the [[Parian Chronicle]] this event took place in 1532/1 BC during the reign of [[Cranaus]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ashmolean.museum/ash/faqs/q004/q004008.html|title=Interleaved Greek and English text (translation by Gillian Newing)|last=The Parian Marble|first=Fragment 3|date=March 7, 2001|access-date=January 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225031833/http://www.ashmolean.museum/ash/faqs/q004/q004008.html|archive-date=December 25, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In another version of the myth, Halirrhothius was sent by his father to cut down the [[olive]] that had grown out of the spear of [[Athena]]. As he raised his axe, it fell out of his hand and mortally wounded him. The olive was called "fatal" (''moros'' in Greek, which was used as folk-etymology for [[Moria (tree)|moria]], the name of the sacred olive trees) from that circumstance.<ref>Scholia on [[Aristophanes]], ''[[The Clouds|Clouds]]'' 1005</ref>{{sfn|Wunder|1855|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=4grgAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA100, note on verse 703]}} [[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]] adds that Poseidon was in such great grief of his son's passing, that he accused Ares of murder, and the matter was settled on the Areopagus.<ref>[[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]] ''On Virgil's Georgics'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2007.01.0092%3Abook%3D1%3Acommline%3D18 1.18]</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Tereus]]
* [[Proetus (son of Abas)|Proetus]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* Hard, Robin, ''The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology"'', Psychology Press, 2004, {{ISBN|9780415186360}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC Google Books].
* [[Maurus Servius Honoratus]], ''In Vergilii carmina comentarii. Servii Grammatici qui feruntur in Vergilii carmina commentarii;'' recensuerunt Georgius Thilo et Hermannus Hagen. Georgius Thilo. Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1881. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0053 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
* {{cite book | last = Wunder | first = Eduard | title = Sophocles' Oedipus rex, Oedipus Colonaeus, Electra, Antigone | volume = I | location = London | publisher =  Williams and Norgate | date = 1855 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=4grgAAAAMAAJ}}

[[Category:Children of Poseidon]]
[[Category:Mythological people from Attica]]
[[Category:Mythological rapists]]
[[Category:Deeds of Ares]]


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