Thoas
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
- A king of the Chersonesus Taurica, under whom Iphigenia was priestess of the Tauric Diana; he was slain by Orestes, Ov. P. 3, 2, 59; id. Tr. 1, 9, 28; 4, 4, 66.
- —Hence, Thŏantēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thoas; poet. for Tauric: Diana, Val. Fl. 8, 208; Sil. 14, 260; called also dea, Ov. Ib. 386. —
- II A king of Lemnos, father of Hypsipyle, by whom he was conveyed to Chios, when the women of Lemnos slew all the men there, Hyg. Fab. 15; Ov. H. 6, 135; id. M. 13, 399; Stat. Th. 5, 239 sq.—Hence,
- 1 Thŏantĭ-ăs, ădis, f., daughter of Thoas, i.e. Hypsipyle, Ov. H. 6, 163. —
- 2 Thŏantis, ĭdis, f., the same, Stat. Th. 5, 650; 5, 700.—
- III An Aetolian, son of Andraemon, one of the Greeks who besieged Troy, Verg. A. 2, 262; Hyg. Fab. 81; 97; 114.—
- IV A companion of Aeneas, Verg. A. 10, 415.
(Θόας).
1. A son of Andraemon and Gorge, was king of Calydon and Pleuron, in Aetolia, and went with forty ships against Troy. (Hom. Il. 2.638, 4.529, 7.168, 13.216, 15.281; Paus. 5.3.5; Hygin. Fab. 97 ; Tzetz. ad Jycoph. 780, 1011 ; comp. Strab. vi. p.255 ; Paus. 10.38.3.)
2. A son of Dionysus and Ariadne. (Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. 3.997; Stat. Theb. 4.769.) He was king of Lemnos and married to Myrina, by whom he became the father of Hypsipyle and Sicinus. (Hom. Il. 14.230; Diod. 5.79; Schol. ad Apollon. 1.601; Hygin. Fab. 15, 120 ; Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 1374.) When the Lemnian women all the men in the island, Hypsipyle saved her father Thoas, and concealed him. (Apollod. 1.9.17.) Afterwards, however, he was discovered by the other women, and killed (Apollod. 3.6.4), or he escaped to Tauris (Hygin. Fab. 15), or to the island of Oenoe near Euboea, which was henceforth called Sicinus. (Schol. ad Apollon. 1.624.)
3. A son of Icarius and Periboea, and a brother of Penelope. (Apollod. 3.10.6.)
4. A son of Borysthenes, and king of Tauris, into whose dominions Iphigenia was carried by Artemis, when she was to have been sacrificed. He was killed by Chryses. Ant. Lib. 27 ; Hyg. Fab. 121; Eurip. Iphig. Taur.)
5. A son of Ornytus or Ornytion. (Paus. 2.4.3; Schol. ad Eur. Orest. 1087.)
6. A Trojan who was slain by Menelaus. Hom. Il. 16.311.) [L.S]
(Θόας), an Aetolian, who was praetor of that nation in B. C. 193, and at a council held at Naupactus, took a prominent part in urging his countrymen to war with Rome, and advised them to send embassies to Philip and Antiochus. These, However, produced no effect for the moment, and the following year (B. C. 192) we find Thoas engaging on his own account in an unsuccessful attempt to reduce the important fortress of Chalcis. But circumstances now caused Antiochus to lend a more favourable ear to his overtures, and having repaired in person to join the king in Asia, he obtained.great influence over his mind, and, by his magniloquent promises, was mainly instrumental in persuading him to pass over in person with his army into Greece. Here also he readily induced the Aetolians, who were assembled in council at Lamia, to conclude an alliance with Antiochus, and place themselves under his command. We do not, however, hear any thing of the services which he rendered to the king during the during the war that followed ; while by the advice which he had given at the comencement, he had prevented Antiochus from availing himself of the important assistance of Hannibal. After the defeat of the Syrian monarch the Romans made the surrender of Thoas one of the conditions of the peace which they granted him : but though this demand was complied with, they were induced to set him at liberty at the intercession of Nicander and Pantaleon. At a subsequent period, however (B. C. 169), having again taken an active part against these last partizans, he fell a victim to the popular indignation, being assailed with stories by the assembly of the people. (Liv. 35.12, 37, 38, 12, 45, 37.45, 38.38; Plb. 21.14, 22.26, 28.4; Diod. xxix. Exc. Legat. p. 621, Exc. Vat. p. 71.) [E.H.B]
(Θόας). (1) The son of Andraemon and Gorgé. He was king of Calydon and Pleuron, in Aetolia, and sailed with forty ships against Troy.
(2) Son of Dionysus and Ariadné, king of Lemnos, and married to Myrina, by whom he became the father of Hypsipylé and Sicinus. When the Lemnian women killed all the men in the island, Hypsipylé saved and concealed her father, Thoas. The patronymic Thoantias is given to Hypsipylé, as the daughter of Thoas. (See Hypsipyle.)
(3) Son of Borysthenes and king of Tauris, into whose dominions Iphigenia was carried by Artemis when she was to have been sacrificed. See Iphigenia.
- killed by women: Hdt. 6.138
- father of Hypsipyle, saved by her from massacre: Apollod. 1.9.17, Apollod. 3.6.4
- Orestes brought before: Apollod. E.6.27
- Paus. 5.3.7
- son of Andraemon and Gorge, leader of the Aetolians against Troy: Apollod. E.3.11
- helps sons of Atreus to conquer Ilium: Paus. 5.3.6
- brings image of Athena from Ilium: Paus. 10.38.5
- in Aetolia: Apollod. E.7.40
- Odysseus goes to him and marries his daughter: Apollod. E.7.40
- Apollod. E.1.9
- Apollod. 3.10.5
- king of Corinth: Paus. 2.4.3
- Apollod. E.7.25