Editing Triopas (section)

{{Short description|Set of mythological Greek characters}}
{{about|the characters in Greek mythology|the crustacean|Triops}}
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Triopas''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|r|aɪ|ə|p|ə|s}}) or '''Triops''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|r|aɪ|.|ə|p|s|,_|ˈ|t|r|aɪ|ˌ|ɒ|p|s}}; {{langx|grc|Τρίωψ}}, gen.: Τρίοπος) was the name of several characters whose relations are unclear.

*[[Triopas of Argos|Triopas]], king of [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argos]] and son of [[Phorbas (king of Argos)|Phorbas]].<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/5D*.html#81.1 5.81.1]</ref> His daughter was [[Messene (mythology)|Messene]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+4.1.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=:chapter=&highlight=Triopas 4.1.1]</ref>
* Triopas, king of [[Ancient Thessaly|Thessaly]], and son of [[Poseidon]] and princess [[Canace]], daughter of King [[Aeolus (son of Hellen)|Aeolus]] of Aeolia. He was the brother of [[Aloeus]], [[Epopeus of Sicyon|Epopeus]], [[Hopleus]] and [[Nireus (mythology)|Nireus]]. Triopas was the husband of [[Myrmidon (hero)|Myrmidon]]'s daughter [[Hiscilla]], by whom he became the father of [[Iphimedeia]],<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.7.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=1:chapter=7&highlight=Triops 1.7.4]</ref> [[Phorbas of Thessaly|Phorbas]]<ref>''Homeric Hymns to Apollo'' [https://topostext.org/work/356#207 3.211]</ref> and [[Erysichthon of Thessaly|Erysichthon]].<ref>[[Callimachus]], ''Hymn to Demeter'' [https://topostext.org/work/125#31 31–32] & [https://topostext.org/work/125#96 96-100]</ref> He destroyed a temple of [[Demeter]] in order to obtain materials for roofing his own house, and was punished by insatiable hunger as well as being plagued by a snake which inflicted illness on him. Eventually Demeter placed him and the snake among the stars as the constellation [[Ophiuchus]] to remind others of his crime and punishment.<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''[[De Astronomica]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/207#2.14.1 2.14.1]</ref> A city in [[Caria]] was named [[Triopium|Triopion]] after him.<ref>[[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. ''[https://topostext.org/work/241#T636.1 Triopion]''</ref>
* Triopas, one of the [[Heliadae]], sons of [[Helios]] and [[Rhodos]] and grandson of Poseidon. Triopas, along with his brothers, [[Macareus (son of Helios)|Macar]], [[Actis (mythology)|Actis]] and [[Candalus]], were jealous of a fifth brother, [[Tenages]]'s, skill at science, and killed him. When their crime was discovered, Triopas escaped to [[Caria]] and seized a promontory which received his name (the [[Datça Peninsula|Triopian Promontory]]). Later, he founded the city of [[Knidos]].<ref>Diodorus Siculus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4C*.html#58.7 4.58.7]</ref> There was a statue of him and his horse at [[Delphi]], an offering by the people of Knidos.<ref>Pausanias, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+10.11.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:chapter=&highlight=Triopas 10.11.1]</ref>
The name's [[popular etymology]] is "he who has three eyes" (from τρι- "three" + -ωπ- "see") but the ending -ωψ, -οπος suggests a [[Pre-Greek]] origin.