Linus

Role: son of Urania · First appears: Fragments of Unknown Position · Fragments 1–20

One account says Urania bore Linus, a very lovely son, whom singers and harpers mourned at feasts and dances, calling on him “as they begin and as they end.” In another account, Apollo and Aethusa were his parents, and Pierus was born to him.

Relationship record

Fragments of Unknown Position · Fragments 1–20

• parent: Urania “So Urania bare Linus, a very lovely son: and him all men who are singers and harpers do bewail at feasts and dances, and as they begin and as they end they call on Linus....”

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 1

• parent: Apollo “Apollo and Aethusa, daughter of Poseidon, had a son Linus, to whom was born Pierus.”
• parent: Aethusa “Apollo and Aethusa, daughter of Poseidon, had a son Linus, to whom was born Pierus.”
• child: Pierus “Apollo and Aethusa, daughter of Poseidon, had a son Linus, to whom was born Pierus.”

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Extracted from the original text of Hesiod and Homerica. Made with Rho MD.