noun

Ăthămas

gen. antis · gender masculine · decl. 3rd

Son of Æolus; grandson of Hellen; king in Thessaly •

Son of Æolus, grandson of Hellen, king in Thessaly (first in Bœotia in Ἀθαμάντιον πεδίον, among the Orchomeni, O. Müll. Orchom. I. p. 161), the father of Helle and Phrixus by Nephele, and of Melicerta and Learchus by Ino; in a fit of madness he pursued Ino, who, with Melicerta, threw herself into the sea, and both were changed to sea-deities, Ino to Leucothea (Matuta), and Melicerta to Palaemon (Portunus), Ov. M. 3, 564; 4, 420 sq.; id. F. 4, 903; 6, 489; Hyg. Fab. 2; Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 241; cf. Apollod. 3, p. 171; Paus. Att. p. 108: Athamante dementior, Cic. Pis. 20, 47.—

Derivv.

pertaining to Athamas; named after him; Athamantic •

ăthămantēus, a, um, adj., = Ἀθαμαντεῖος, pertaining to Athamas, named after him, Athamantic: sinus, Ov. M. 4, 497: pinus, Stat. S. 5, 3, 143: aurum, i. e. the golden fleece of Phrixus, Mart. 8, 28.—

patr; son of Athamas; Palœmon

ăthămantĭădes, ae, m. patr., = Ἀθαμαντιάδης, son of Athamas, i. e. Palœmon, Ov. M. 13, 919 (this word also stands by conj. of Hertzberg in Prop. 4, 6, 22).—

patr; daughter of Athamas; Helle

ăthămantis ĭdis, f. patr., = Ἀθαμαντίς, daughter of Athamas, i. e. Helle, Ov. F. 4, 903; id. H. 18, 137.—

A mountain in Thessaly; Athamantic; a plant

A mountain in Thessaly, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 29.—Hence, ăthă-mantĭcus, a, um, adj., = Ἀθαμαντικός, Athamantic: meum, a plant, bear's-wort: Athamanta meum, Linn.; Plin. 20, 23, 94, § 253 (by many of the ancients referred to Athamas, I., as named by him, v. Plin. l. l.).

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