Editing Hyrieus

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Hyrieus''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|ɪ|r|i|ˌ|uː|s}}; {{langx|grc|Ὑριεύς}}) was the [[eponym]] of [[Hyria (Boeotia)|Hyria]] in [[Boeotia]], where he dwelt and where [[Orion (mythology)|Orion]] (see below) was born;<ref>[[Strabo]], 9.2.12</ref> some sources though place him either in [[Thrace]] or on [[Chios]].<ref name="Hyginus">[[Hyginus (Fabulae)|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#195 195]; ''[[De astronomia]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/207#2.34.2 2.34.2]</ref> Most accounts speak of him as a king, although [[Ovid]] and [[Nonnus]] portray him as a peasant.<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Fasti (poem)|Fasti]]'' 5.499</ref><ref>[[Nonnus]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' 13.97</ref>

== Family ==
Hyrieus was the son of [[Alcyone (Pleiades)|Alcyone]] and [[Poseidon]], brother of [[Hyperenor]] and [[Aethusa]]. By the [[nymph]] [[Clonia (nymph)|Clonia]], he became the father of [[Nycteus]] and [[Lycus (brother of Nycteus)|Lycus]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Apollod.+3.10.1 3.10.1]; cf. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Apollod.+3.5.5 3.5.5], which calls the father of Lycus and Nycteus [[Chthonius]] ([[Chthonic|"earthman"]], one of the [[Spartoi]])</ref> According to later sources, Hyrieus was also the father of Orion,<ref>[[Parthenius of Nicaea|Parthenius]], [https://topostext.org/work/550#20 20]</ref> but according to Ovid, his wife had died chidless.

One source calls Hyrieus the father of [[Crinacus]], father of King [[Macareus of Lesbos|Macareus]] of [[Lesbos]].<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 24.544</ref>

== Mythology ==

=== Treasury ===
Hyrieus hired [[Trophonius]] and [[Agamedes]] to build a [[treasure]] chamber for him but they also built a [[secret passage|secret entrance]] to it, so that the treasury was easily accessible by removing just one stone from the outside. Using the secret entrance, they would come and steal some of Hyrieus' possessions. He was dumbfounded at discovering that his fortune was diminishing while the locks and seals remained intact; to catch the thief, he laid a snare. Agamedes was trapped in it; Trophonius cut off his brother's head so that Hyrieus would never know the thief's identity, and himself disappeared in a chasm of the earth.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 9.37.5–6</ref>

=== Orion ===
Some speak of Hyrieus as Orion's natural father;<ref>[[Antoninus Liberalis]], [https://topostext.org/work/216#25 25]</ref> others relate that he was childless and a widower and became (technically) adoptive father of Orion via the following circumstances. He was visited by [[Zeus]] and [[Hermes]] (some add Poseidon), who, to express gratitude for his hospitality, promised him to fulfill a wish of his; he said that he wanted children. The gods filled a sacrificial bull's hide with their urine, then told Hyrieus to bury it. Nine months later, Hyrieus found a newborn baby boy inside and named him Orion; Roman authors thought of the Latin word ''urina'' "urine" as an etymon for Orion's name (though actually his name is obviously not of Latin origin).<ref>Ovid, ''Fasti'' 5.493-536; Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#195 195]; ''De astronomia'' [https://topostext.org/work/207#2.34.2 2.34.2]</ref> Nonnus, on account of this story, refers to Orion as "having three fathers" and to [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaea]] (Earth) as his mother.<ref>Nonnus, ''Dionysiaca'' 13.96-105</ref>

=== Other myths ===
Hyrieus was said to have expelled [[Euonymus (mythology)|Euonymus]] from the temple of [[Apollo]].<ref>[[Corinna]], fr. 1 (ed. Page)</ref>

==Notes==
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== References ==

* [[Antoninus Liberalis]], ''The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis'' translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). [https://topostext.org/work/216 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[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].
*[[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Astronomica from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/207 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Nonnus|Nonnus of Panopolis]], ''Dionysiaca'' translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940.  [https://topostext.org/work/529 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Nonnus of Panopolis, ''Dionysiaca. 3 Vols.'' W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940–1942. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0485 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Ovid|Publius Ovidius Naso]], ''Fasti'' translated by James G. Frazer. [https://topostext.org/work/143 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Fasti.'' Sir James George Frazer. London; Cambridge, MA. William Heinemann Ltd.; Harvard University Press. 1933. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0547 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Strabo]], ''The Geography of Strabo.'' Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0198%3Abook%3D6%3Achapter%3D1%3Asection%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Strabo, ''Geographica'' edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0197 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]

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