Everything about Dymas totally explained
In
Greek mythology,
Dymas is the name attributed to at least four individuals.
The first Dymas was a
Phrygian king and father of
Hecabe (also called
Hecuba), wife to King
Priam of
Troy. King Dymas is also said by
Homer to have had a son named
Asius, who fought (and died) during the
Trojan War - not to be confused with his namesake,
Asius son of
Hyrtacus, who also fought (and died) before Troy. The parentage of
Phrygian Dymas isn't given in any of the ancient sources. His wife is given as
Eunoë, a daughter of the river god
Sangarius. In fact, Dymas and his Phrygian subjects are closely connected to the
River Sangarius, which empties into the
Black Sea. The etymology of the name
Dymas is obscure, although it's probably non-Hellenic. Any resemblance to the name
Midas, another mythical king of Phrygia, may be entirely coincidental.
The second Dymas was perhaps the same as the first. According to
Quintus Smyrnaeus this Dymas was the father of
Meges, a Trojan whose sons fought at
Troy. The third Dymas was a
Dorian and the ancestor of the Dymanes. His father,
Aegimius, adopted
Heracles' son,
Hyllas. Dymas and his brother,
Pamphylus, submitted to Hyllas. The fourth Dymas is mentioned in
Homer's
Odyssey as a Phaeacian captain, whose daughter was a friend to the princess
Nausicaa.
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