Editing Caeneus (section)

== Family ==
Caeneus' father was the [[Lapith]] king [[Elatus]], from [[Gyrton (Thessaly)|Gyrton]] in Thessaly.<ref>{{harvnb|Rose|2012}}; {{harvnb|Grimal|1996}}; {{harvnb|Tripp|1970|loc=Caeneus}}; {{harvnb|Parada|1993|loc=Caeneus 1}}; [[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women]]'', [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/hesiod-catalogue_women/2018/pb_LCL503.275.xml?result=1&rskey=N2LO7y fr. 165] [[#CITEREFMost2018b|Most]] [= fr. 87 {{harvnb|MW}}]; [[Acusilaus]], [https://scholarlyeditions-brill-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/reader/urn:cts:greekLit:fgrh.0002.bnjo-3-tr1-eng:f22 fr. 22] {{harvnb|Toye}} [= [https://archive.org/details/early-greek-mythography-volume-1/page/n30/mode/1up fr. 22] {{harvnb|Fowler}} = [https://archive.org/details/ancillatopresocr0000diel/page/18/mode/2up fr. 40a] {{harvnb|Freeman}}]; {{harvnb|Hyginus, ''Fabulae''|loc=[https://topostext.org/work/206#14 14], [https://topostext.org/work/206#173 173], [https://topostext.org/work/206#242 242]}}; {{harvnb|Ovid, ''Metamorphoses''|loc=[http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0959.phi006.perseus-eng1:12.146-12.209 12.189]}}.</ref> Caeneus' son was the [[Argonaut]] [[Coronus (mythology)|Coronus]], who was killed by [[Heracles]] while leading a war against the [[Dorians]] and their king [[Aegimius]].<ref>{{harvnb|Hard|2004|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA557 p. 557]}}; {{harvnb|Grimal|1996}}; {{harvnb|Parada|1993|loc=Coronus 1}}; {{harvnb|Homer, ''Iliad''|loc=[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134%3Abook%3D2%3Acard%3D734 2.746]}}; [[#CITEREFApollonius2009|Apollonius of Rhodes, ''Argonautica'']], [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/apollonius_rhodes-argonautica/2009/pb_LCL001.7.xml 1.57–64]; {{harvnb|Hyginus, ''Fabulae''|loc=[https://topostext.org/work/206#14 14]}}. For Coronus' war against the Dorians, see {{harvnb|Diodorus Siculus|loc=[https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4B*.html#37 4.37.3]}}; {{harvnb|Apollodorus|loc=[http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:2.7.7 2.7.7]}}.</ref> According to the mythographer Hyginus, Caeneus' mother was [[Hippeia|Hippea]]—the daughter of a Thessalian from [[Larissa]] named Antippus—and his brothers were [[Ischys]] and the [[Argonaut]] [[Polyphemus (Argonaut)|Polyphemus]]. Hyginus also states that, in addition to Coronus, Caeneus had two other sons: [[Phocus]] and [[Priasus]], who were also Argonauts.<ref>{{harvnb|Parada|1993|loc=Caeneus 1, Hippea}}; {{harvnb|Hyginus, ''Fabulae''|loc=[https://topostext.org/work/206#14 14]}}. For Ischys as brother, see also {{harvnb|Apollodorus|loc=[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:3.10.3 3.10.3]}}.</ref>{{efn|{{harvnb|Apollodorus|loc=[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:1.9.16 1.9.16]}} lists "Caeneus, son of Coronus", as one of the Argonauts, which—under the assumption that this is the same Coronus, that this is not a mixup of the two names, and does not represents a separate tradition in which Caeneus was an Argonaut—would make this Argonaut Caeneus a grandson of Caeneus.{{sfnm|Levin|1971|p=33|1loc=n. 2|Tripp|1970|2loc=Coronus (1)|Parada|1993|3loc=Coronus 1}}}} According to [[Antoninus Liberalis]], his father was [[Atrax (mythology)|Atrax]], rather than Elatus.{{sfnm|Parada|1993|1loc=Caeneus 1|Antoninus Liberalis, ''Metamorphoses''|2loc=[https://topostext.org/work/216#17 17]}}