Divine — Minor Figures

9 figures from The Argonautica who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Europa

queen of Crete · first appears Book IV 13

• Book IV 13 · with Zeus “And the son of Cronos gave him to Europa to be the warder of Crete and to stride round the island thrice a day with his feet of bronze.”
• Book IV 13 · servant: Talos “And the son of Cronos gave him to Europa to be the warder of Crete and to stride round the island thrice a day with his feet of bronze.”

Typhaon

giant · first appears Book II 10

• Book II 10 · enemies with Zeus “where Typhaon, they say, smitten by the bolt of Zeus, son of Cronos, when he lifted against the god his sturdy hands, dropped from his head hot gore;”

Lampetia

daughter of Helios · first appears Book IV 8

• Book IV 8 · parent: Helios “Phaethusa, the youngest of the daughters of Helios, tended the sheep, bearing in her hand a silver crook; while Lampetia, herding the kine, wielded a staff of glowing orichalcum as she followed.”

Phaethusa

daughter of Helios · first appears Book IV 8

• Book IV 8 · parent: Helios “Phaethusa, the youngest of the daughters of Helios, tended the sheep, bearing in her hand a silver crook”

Uranus

god · first appears Book II 10

• Book II 10 · child: Cronos “where Cronos, son of Uranus, what time in Olympus he reigned over the Titans,”

Nereus

sea god · first appears Book I 10

• Book I 10 · with Glaucus “the wise interpreter of divine Nereus”
• Book IV 8 · child: Thetis “Hereupon on this side and on that the daughters of Nereus met them; and behind, lady Thetis set her hand to the rudder-blade, to guide them amid the Wandering rocks.”

Demeter

goddess · first appears Book IV 8

• Book IV 8 · with Macris “For Demeter once dwelt in that island, and taught the Titans to reap the ears of corn, all for the love of Macris.”

Electra

daughter of Atlas · first appears Book I 7

• Book I 7 · parent: Atlas “the island of Electra, daughter of Atlas”

Oenoe

water-nymph · first appears Book I 5

• Book I 5 · child: Sicinus “afterwards called Sicinus from Sicinus, whom the water-nymph Oenoe bore to Thoas”

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Extracted from the original text of The Argonautica. Made with Rho MD.