Evenus

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Evenus is a figure in Greek mythology, a king of Aetolia and son of the war god Ares, best known as the father of Marpessa.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Evenus canonical 2

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf figure in Greek mythology
mythological king
afterlifeTransformation river deity
associatedWith Apollo
Ares
Idas
Marpessa
category Aetolian characters in Greek mythology
Children of Ares
Kings in Greek mythology
challenge suitors of Marpessa
challengeCondition if suitor lost, he would be killed
win a chariot race against him
challengeReward marriage to Marpessa
country Aetolia
culture Ancient Greek
defeatedBy Idas
divineAncestry son of a god (Ares)
eponymOf river Evenus NERFINISHED
fate threw himself into the river Lycormas
father Alcippe
Marpessa
Marpessa
surface form: Marpessa (by Alcippe)
gender male
grandparent Agrius
Thestius
knownFor being father of Marpessa
chariot race with Idas
mother Demonice
mythologicalEra Age of Heroes
mythologicalLocation river Evenus in Aetolia
mythologicalOrigin Aetolia
parent Ares
reactionToAbductionOfDaughter pursued Idas
reactionToDefeat killed the remaining suitors
relatedMyth abduction of Marpessa by Idas
choice of Marpessa between Idas and Apollo
riverFormerName Lycormas
source Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
surface form: Apollodorus, Bibliotheca

Pausanias’ Description of Greece
surface form: Pausanias, Description of Greece
spouse Alcippe
title King of Aetolia
weaponUsedByOpponent winged chariot from Poseidon (used by Idas)

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marpessa father Evenus
Marpessa notableRelative Evenus