In Greek mythology, Iasus (; Ancient Greek: Ἴασος) or Iasius (; Ἰάσιος) was the name of several people:
Iasus (Iasius), one of the DactyliPausanias, 5.14.7. or Curetes.Pausanias, 5.7.6. Iasus, king of Argos.Apollodorus, 2.1.3. Iasus, son of IoEustathius on Homer's Iliad 1845 Iasius (IasionHesiod, Ehoiai 123.6), son of Eleuther and brother of Pierus. He was the father of ChaeresilausPausanias, 9.20.1. and Astreis.Hesiod, Ehoiai 123.8 Iasius, another name of Iasion.The form "Iasion" was also used by Pausanias and Aelian to refer to the father of Atalante. Iasus (Iasius), the Arcadian father of AtalantaCallimachus, Hymn to Artemis 217 by Clymene, daughter of Minyas; he was the son of King Lycurgus of Arcadia by either Eurynome or Cleophyle. His brothers were Ancaeus, Epochus and Amphidamas.Apollodorus, 3.9.2.Hyginus, Fabulae 70, 99. Iasus (Iasius), father of King Amphion of Orchomenus. The latter married Persephone, daughter of Minyas,Scholia ad Homer, Odyssey 11.281 citing Pherecydes fr. 117= Fowler (2013), vol. 1 p. 338 and fathered Chloris and Phylomache who both married the twins, NeleusHomer, Odyssey 11.284: "the youngest daughter"; Pausanias, 9.36.8; see Strabo, 8.3.19 and Pelias,Apollodorus, 1.9.10 respectively. This Iasius is likely the same with the above Iasus. Iasus, father of Nepeia, who married King Olympus and gave her name to the plain of Nepeia near Cyzicus.Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.1116 Iasius, winner of the horse-racing contest at the Olympic games held by Heracles.Pausanias, 8.48.1. Iasus, father of Phaedimus. His son was killed by Amyntas in the war of the Seven against Thebes.Statius, Thebaid 8.438 Iasus, son of Sphelus (himself son of Bucolus), leader of the Athenians, was killed by Aeneas in the Trojan War.Homer, Iliad 15.332 & 338 Iasus, king of Cyprus, father of Dmetor. In the Odyssey, he appears in a story told (and made up) by Odysseus.Homer, Odyssey 17.443 Iasus, father of PalinurusVirgil, Aeneid 5.843 and Iapis.Virgil, Aeneid 12.392
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