{{Short description|Various figures of Greek mythology}} {{distinguish|3708 Socus}}
In Greek mythology, the name '''Socus''' ({{langx|grc|Σῶκος|Sôkos}}) may refer to the following personages:
*Socus of Euboea, father of the seven Corybantes/Dactyls (Prymneus, Mimas, Acmon, Damneus, Ocythous, Idaeus, Melisseus) by Combe. He expelled his wife and sons from the island, and was ultimately killed by Cecrops, in whose kingdom the Corybantes sought refuge.<ref>Nonnus, 13.135 ff.</ref> His name is also mentioned by Hesychius of Alexandria in the form '''Sochus''' (Σωχός). *Socus, a defender of Troy, son of Hippasus and brother of Charops. The brothers were killed by Odysseus.<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+11.426&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Socus 11.428–456]; Quintus Smyrnaeus, 7.444</ref> *Socus, an epithet of Hermes<ref>?Homer, ''Iliad'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+20.72&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Hermes 20.72]</ref> of obscure etymology. According to a scholiast on the Homeric line where the epithet appears, there was an adjective σῶκος which meant "strong". The ancient authors linked the epithet to the Greek stem σω- < σαο- "whole, safe".<ref>''Realencyclopädie'' s. 803; Roscher s. 1136</ref> Despite the attempts of modern scholars to elaborate on this etymological suggestion, no satisfactory explanation has been provided as of 1977.<ref>Chantraine, Pierre. Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque. Histoire des mots. Tome IV-1 (Ρ - Υ). Paris, Éditions Klincksiek, 1977. - p. 1083</ref>
== See also == * {{MoMP|3708|Naming citation}} for asteroid 3708 Socus
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== References ==
*Homer, ''The Iliad'' with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] *Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. *Nonnus of Panopolis, ''Dionysiaca'' translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. [https://topostext.org/work/529 Online version at the Topos Text Project.] *Nonnus of Panopolis, ''Dionysiaca. 3 Vols.'' W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940-1942. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0485 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. *Quintus Smyrnaeus, ''The Fall of Troy'' translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. [https://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus1.html Online version at theoi.com] *Quintus Smyrnaeus, ''The Fall of Troy''. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0490 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. *''Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft'' Band IIIA, Halbband 5, Silacenis-Sparsus (1927), s. 803 u. ''Sokos'' * Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (ed.): ''Ausführliches Lexikon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie'', Band IV (Q - S), Hildesheim, 1965, ss. 1136 - 1137 u. Sokos
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