# Hermus > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hermus > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hermus.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermus > Source revision: 1320996335 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Various figures in Greek mythology}} {{distinguish|Hermes}} {{other uses}} In [Greek mythology](/source/Greek_mythology), '''Hermus''' or '''Hermos''' ([Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek): Ἕρμος) is a name attributed to multiple characters: * Hermus, god of the river [Hermus](/source/Gediz_River) (modern Gediz river) located in the [Aegean](/source/Aegean_Region) region of [Lydia](/source/Lydia) (modern [Turkey](/source/Turkey)). Like most of the [river-gods](/source/River_gods_(Greek_mythology)), he was the son of [Oceanus](/source/Oceanus) and [Tethys](/source/Tethys_(mythology)).[Hesiod](/source/Hesiod), ''[Theogony](/source/Theogony)'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+337&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Hermus 343] & [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+337 366–370] Hermus was the father of the [Lydia](/source/Lydia)n [nymph](/source/nymph)s.[Claudian](/source/Claudian), ''De Raptu Proserpine'' [http://www.theoi.com/Text/ClaudianProserpine.html 1.55] * Hermus, an [Egypt](/source/Egypt)ian prince as one of the [sons](/source/Sons_of_Aegyptus) of King [Aegyptus](/source/Aegyptus). His mother was the [naiad](/source/naiad) [Caliadne](/source/Caliadne) and thus full brother of [Eurylochus](/source/Eurylochus_(Greek_myth)), [Phantes](/source/Phantes), [Peristhenes](/source/Peristhenes), [Dryas](/source/Dryas_(mythology)), [Potamon](/source/Potamon_(mythology)), [Cisseus](/source/Cisseus), [Lixus](/source/Lixus_(mythology)), [Imbrus](/source/Imbrus), [Bromius](/source/Bromius), [Polyctor](/source/Polyctor) and [Chthonius](/source/Chthonius).[Apollodorus](/source/Pseudo-Apollodorus), [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.1.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Hermus 2.1.5] In some accounts, he could be a son of Aegyptus either by [Eurryroe](/source/Eurryroe), daughter of the [river-god](/source/River_gods_(Greek_mythology)) [Nilus](/source/Nilus_(mythology)),[Tzetzes](/source/John_Tzetzes), ''Chiliades'' [http://www.theoi.com/Text/TzetzesChiliades7.html 7.37, p. 368-369] or [Isaie](/source/Isaie), daughter of King [Agenor](/source/Agenor) of [Tyre](/source/Tyre%2C_Lebanon).[Scholia](/source/Scholia) on [Apollonius Rhodius](/source/Apollonius_of_Rhodes), Notes on Book 3.1689 Hermus suffered the same fate as his other brothers, save [Lynceus](/source/Lynceus), when they were slain on their wedding night by their wives who obeyed the command of their father King [Danaus](/source/Danaus) of [Libya](/source/Ancient_Libya). He married the [Danaid](/source/Dana%C3%AFdes) [Cleopatra](/source/Cleopatra_(Greek_myth)), daughter of Danaus and the naiad [Polyxo](/source/Polyxo). * Hermus, a nobleman of [Athens](/source/Athens) and a companion of [Theseus](/source/Theseus). When Theseus founded the city of [Pythopolis](/source/Pythopolis_(Mysia)), he left Hermus there. A place in Pythopolis called the House of [Hermes](/source/Hermes) was named after him, incorrectly changing the name to that of a [god](/source/Greek_pantheon).[Plutarch](/source/Plutarch), ''Theseus'' [http://www.theoi.com/Text/PlutarchTheseus.html 26] ==Notes== {{reflist|2}} == References == * [Apollodorus](/source/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-Apollodorus)), ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website]. * [Claudius Claudianus](/source/Claudian), ''The Rape of Proserpine'' translated by Platnauer, Maurice. Loeb Classical Library Volumes 135 & 136. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1922. [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Claudian/De_Raptu_Proserpinae/1*.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site] * [Hesiod](/source/Hesiod), ''Theogony'' from ''The Homeric Hymns and Homerica'' with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0129 Greek text available from the same website]. * [Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus](/source/Plutarch), ''Lives'' with an English Translation by Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. 1. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0067 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0075 Greek text available from the same website]. *[Tzetzes, John](/source/John_Tzetzes), ''Book of Histories,'' Book VII-VIII translated by Vasiliki Dogani from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826. 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