Linus

Lĭnus (-os), i, m., = Λίνος, Linus.

• I A son of Apollo and Psammate, daughter of Crotopus, king of the Argives; he was given by his mother to the care of shepherds, and one day, being left alone, was torn to pieces by dogs; whereupon Apollo sent into the land a monster which destroyed everything, until slain by Choroebus, Stat. Th. 6, 64; 1, 557 sqq.—
• II The son of Apollo and Terpsichore, instructor of Orpheus and Hercules, the latter of whom killed him by a blow with the lyre: flam, ut ego opinor, Hercules, tu autem Linus, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 47 (155); Verg. E. 4, 56; Prop. 2, 10 (3, 4), 8, who confounds him with the preceding. According to others, he was a son of Mercury and Urania, and was killed by Apollo in Euboea, Hyg. Fab. 161; Mart. 9, 86, 4.—
• III A fountain in Arcadia, Plin. 31, 2, 7, § 10.

Linus u. Linos, ī, m. (Λίνος), Linus, I) in der Sage von Argos = ein Sohn Apollos u. der Psamathe, der Tochter des Argiverkönigs Krotopus, der aus Furcht vor ihrem Vater von der Mutter einem Hirten übergeben, unter den Lämmern der Herde erzogen und von den Hunden zerrissen wurde, weshalb Apollo ein Ungeheuer (eine Pest) über Argos sendete, das den Müttern die Kinder raubte, Stat. Theb. 1, 557–668; 6, 64 sq. – II) in der Sage von Theben = Sohn Apollos und der Muse Terpsichore, ausgezeichneter Sänger und Tonkünstler, Lehrer des Orpheus und Herkules, der, wegen seiner Fehlgriffe verlacht u. gescholten, ihn mit der Cithara erschlug, Verg. ecl. 4, 56: bei Verg. ecl. 6, 67 Hirtensänger zur Flöte, bei Prop. 2, 10, 8 Inachius gen., weil der Dichter auch diesen Linos nach Argos versetzt. – appellat., »ein Linus« = ein vom Schüler mißhandelter Lehrer, Plaut. Bacch. 155. – ➳ Nach einer ältern Sage ist Linus ein Sohn Apollos und der Urania, der sich mit seinem Vater selbst in einen Wettkampf einließ und darüber von ihm getötet wurde, Hyg. fab. 161. Mart. 9, 86, 4. – Auf Linos bezieht sich der Klagegesang Λίος und der Klageruf aelinos (αἴλινος), s. Ov. am. 3, 9, 23.

Lĭnus (13) ou Lĭnŏs, ī, m. (Λίνος), joueur de lyre, maître dʼOrphée et dʼHercule qui, un jour, blâmé par son maître, le tua en le frappant de sa lyre [v. Pl. Bacch. 155 ] : Virg. B. 4, 56 || petit-fils de Crotope, dévoré par des chiens : Stat. Th. 6, 64 || autres du même nom : Mart. 9, 86, 4 ; Bibl. || fontaine dʼArcadie : Plin. 31, 10.

LINUS

LINUS(Λῖνος), a place on the coast of Mysia, on the Propontis, between Priapus and Parium ; it is noticed only by Strabo (13. p. 588), as the spot where the best snails (κοχλίαι) were found.

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Linus

(Λίνος). The personification of a dirge or lamentation, and therefore described as a son of Apollo by a Muse (Calliopé, or by Psamathé or Chalciopé) or of Amphimarus by Urania. Both Argos and Thebes claimed the honour of his birth. An Argive tradition related that Linus was exposed by his mother after his birth, and was brought up by shepherds, but was afterwards torn to pieces by dogs. Psamathé's grief at the occurrence betrayed her misfortune to her father, who condemned her to death. Apollo, indignant at the father's cruelty, visited Argos with a plague; and, in obedience to an oracle, the Argives endeavoured to propitiate Psamathé and Linus by means of sacrifices and dirges, which were called lini. According to a Boeotian tradition, Linus was killed by Apollo because he had ventured upon a musical contest with the god. The Thebans distinguished between an earlier and later Linus ; the latter is said to have instructed Heracles in music, but to have been killed by the hero.

Linus Linus, a youth lamented in Greek song

• identified by Herodotus with the Egyptian Maneros: Hdt. 2.79
• son of Amphimarus and Urania, slain by Apollo: Paus. 9.29.6
• buried at Thebes: Paus. 9.29.8
• his grave shown at Argos: Paus. 2.19.8
• lamented in foreign lands: Paus. 9.29.7
• song of Linus: Paus. 9.29.7
• annual sacrifices to: Paus. 9.29.6
• no poems of his extant: Paus. 9.29.9
• poem falsely ascribed to: Paus. 8.18.1

Linus(2), son of Apollo and Psamathe

• Paus. 2.19.8, cf. Paus. 1.43.7
• his grave: Paus. 2.19.8

Linus(3), son of Ismenius

• teacher of music, killed by Herakles: Paus. 9.29.9

Linus(4), son of Lycaon

• Apollod. 3.7.7

Linus(5), son of Oeagrus by the Muse Calliope

• Apollod. 1.3.1
• slain by Herakles: Apollod. 1.3.1, Apollod. 2.4.9
• brother of Orpheus, teaches Herakles to play the lyre: Apollod. 2.4.8, Apollod. 2.4.9