# Socus

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{{Short description|Various figures of Greek mythology}}
{{distinguish|3708 Socus}}

In [Greek mythology](/source/Greek_mythology), the name '''Socus''' ({{langx|grc|Σῶκος|Sôkos}}) may refer to the following personages:

*Socus of [Euboea](/source/Euboea), father of the seven [Corybantes](/source/Corybantes)/[Dactyls](/source/Dactyls_(mythology)) (Prymneus, Mimas, [Acmon](/source/Acmon), Damneus, [Ocythous](/source/Ocythous), [Idaeus](/source/Idaeus), [Melisseus](/source/Melisseus)) by [Combe](/source/Combe_(mythology)). He expelled his wife and sons from the island, and was ultimately killed by [Cecrops](/source/Cecrops_I), in whose kingdom the Corybantes sought refuge.<ref>[Nonnus](/source/Nonnus), 13.135 ff.</ref> His name is also mentioned by [Hesychius of Alexandria](/source/Hesychius_of_Alexandria) in the form '''Sochus''' (Σωχός).
*Socus, a defender of [Troy](/source/Troy), son of [Hippasus](/source/Hippasus_(mythology)) and brother of [Charops](/source/Charops_(mythology)). The brothers were killed by [Odysseus](/source/Odysseus).<ref>[Homer](/source/Homer), ''[Iliad](/source/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](/source/Quintus_Smyrnaeus), 7.444</ref>
*Socus, an epithet of [Hermes](/source/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 [scholia](/source/scholia)st 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](/source/3708_Socus)

==Notes==
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== References ==

*[Homer](/source/Homer), [''The Iliad''](/source/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](/source/Nonnus), ''[Dionysiaca](/source/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](/source/Quintus_Smyrnaeus), ''[The Fall of Troy](/source/Posthomerica)'' 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](/source/Realencyclop%C3%A4die_der_Classischen_Altertumswissenschaft)'' Band IIIA, Halbband 5, Silacenis-Sparsus (1927), s. 803 u. ''Sokos''
* [Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher](/source/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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