Triopas
- a king of Thessaly, the father of Erisichthon, Hyg. Astr. 2, 14.—Hence,
- A Trĭŏpēïus, ii, m., the son of Triopas, i.e. Erisichthon, Ov. M. 8, 751.—
- B Trĭŏpēïs, ĭdis, f., a granddaughter of Triopas and daughter of Erisichthon, i.e. Mestra, Ov. M. 8, 872.
(Τριόπας or Τρίοψ).
1. A son of Poseidon and Canace, a daughter of Aeolus (Schol. ad Callim, Hymn. in Car. 160) or of Helios and Rhodos. and the father of Iphimedeia and Erysichthon (Apollod. 1.7.4; Diod. 5.56; Steph. Byz. s. v. Τριόπιον; Ov. Met. 8.751); he is also called the father of Pelasgus. (Paus. 2.22.2.) He expelled the Pelasgians from the Dotian plain, but was himself obliged to emigrate, and went to Caria, where he founded Cnidus on the Triopian promontory. (Diod. l.c. ; Hdt. 1.174.) His son Erysichthon was punished by Demeter with insatiable hunger, because he had violated her sacred grove (Callim. Hymn. in Cer. 25, &c.); but others relate the same of Triopas himself. (Hygin. Poet. Astr. 2.14; comp. Schol. ad Theocrit. 17.69.) The statue of Triopas with a horse stood at Delphi, being an offering of the Cnidians. (Paus. 10.11.1.)
2. A son of Phorbas, an Argive, was the father of lasts, Agenor and Messene. (Paus. 2.16.1, 4.1.2.) [L.S]
(Τριόπας and Τρίοψ). A son of Poseidon and Canacé, a daughter of Aeolus, or of Helios (the Sun) and Rhodos, and the father of Iphimedia and Erysichthon. Hence his son Erysichthon is called Triopeïus, and his granddaughter Mestra or Metra, the daughter of Erysichthon, Triopeïs. He is said to have expelled the Pelasgians from a part of Thessaly, but was himself at last obliged to leave the country, when he went to Caria in Asia Minor and founded Cnidus, hence called Triopia (Herod. i.1, 74; Apollod. i.7.4; Diod. v. 56). He or his son Erysichthon violated the sacred grove of Demeter, for which he was punished with endless hunger.
- Paus. 2.22.1
- Paus. 10.11.1
- his statue at Delphi: Paus. 10.11.1
- Paus. 2.16.1
- father of Messene: Paus. 4.1.1