Lelantos or Lelantus (Ancient Greek: Λήλαντος, romanized: Lḗlantos) is a minor mythological figure that appears in the late epic Dionysiaca by Nonnus of Panopolis, written in the early fifth century AD.
Dionysiaca[edit]
Lelantos is the Titan father of the nymph Aura ("Breeze"),[1] who was a hunting companion of Artemis and the mother, by Dionysus, of Iacchus, a minor deity connected with the Eleusinian Mysteries.[2] Lelantos was married to the Oceanid nymph Periboea, whom Nonnus seems to imply was Aura's mother,[3] although elsewhere, he calls Aura the "daughter of Cybele", the Phrygian mother-goddess.[4] Lelantos's own parentage is not touched upon.
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Citations[edit]
- ^ Grimal, s.v. Aura, p. 71; Nonnus, Dionysiaca 48.238–247 (III pp. 440–443), 48.421 (III pp. 454–455); 48.444 (III pp. 456–457).
- ^ Bernabé and García-Gasco, p. 109; Nonnus, Dionysiaca 1.26–28 (I pp. 4, 5), 48.848–968 (III pp. 484–493)
- ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca 48.245–247 (III pp. 440–443)
- ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca 1.26–28 (I pp. 4, 5)
General and cited references[edit]
- Bernabé and García-Gasco, "Nonnus and Dionysiac-Orphic Religion" in Brill's Companion to Nonnus of Panopolis, editor Domenico Accorinti, BRILL, 2016. ISBN 9789004310698.
- Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996, ISBN 978-0-631-20102-1.
- Nonnus, Dionysiaca; translated by Rouse, W H D, I Books I–XV. Loeb Classical Library No. 344, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1940. Internet Archive
- Nonnus, Dionysiaca; translated by Rouse, W H D, III Books XXXVI–XLVIII. Loeb Classical Library No. 346, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1940. Internet Archive