In Greek mythology, Isander or Isandrus (Ancient Greek: Ἴσανδρος, romanized: Ísandros, lit. 'equal to man') or Peisander was a Lycian prince and the son of King Bellerophon.
Family
Isander's mother was Philonoe, daughter of the King Iobates.1 In some accounts, she was also known as Alkimedousa,2 Anticleia,3 Pasandra or Cassandra.4 Isander's siblings were Hippolochus (father of Glaucus) and Laodamia (also called Deidamia5 or Hippodamia,6 mother of Sarpedon by Zeus).7
Mythology
Isander was slain by Ares, as he fought against the "glorious" Solymi, a Lycian tribe.8 His misfortune was said to be in compensation of the previous victories of his father Bellerophon.9
Notes
Notes
- Homer, Iliad 6.196–197; Apollodorus, 2.3.1
- Scholia on Homer, Iliad 6.192
- Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 13.82b
- Scholia on Homer, Iliad 6.155
- Diodorus Siculus, 5.79.3
- Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10.21
- Homer, Iliad 6.196–197
- Homer, Iliad 6.203–204; Strabo, 12.8.5 & 13.4.16
- Tzetzes, Chiliades 7.860 ff.
References
References
- 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions from Ante-Nicene Library Volume 8, translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. Online version at theio.com
- Strabo, The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.