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The myth of Proteus

According to Homer ( Odyssey 4:412), the lighthouse island of Pharos situated at Alexandria on the Nile Delta was the home of Proteus, the oracular Old Man of the Sea and herdsman of Poseidon's sea-beasts.

In the Odyssey, Menelaus relates to Telemachus that he had been becalmed here on his journey home from the Trojan War. He learned from Proteus' daughter that if he could capture her father he could force him to reveal which of the gods he had offended, and how he could propitiate them and return home. Menelaus did so successfully. Proteus further informed him that his brother AgamemnonAgamemnon ( Greek: ) ("very resolute"), one of the most distinguished of the Greek heroes, was the son of King Atreus of Mycenae (or Argos) and Queen Aerope, and brother of Menelaus. Another account makes him the son of Pleisthenes (the son or father of A had been murdered on his return home, that Ajax the LesserAjax ( Greek: Aias , a Greek hero, son of Oileus the king of Locris, called the "lesser" or Locrian Ajax, to distinguish him from Ajax, son of Telamon. He was the leader of the Locrian contingent during the Trojan War. He is a significant figure in the Il had been shipwrecked and killed, and that OdysseusThis article is about the mythological character. See also Odysseus crater, Ulysses (robot), Ulysses (novel Odysseus Laertiades (Greek: ', 'son of Laertes'), or simply Odysseus is a character in Greek mythology, known as Ulysses or Ulixes in Roman mytholo was stranded on CalypsoCalypso might refer to one of several things: In Greek mythology, Calypso is the name of a sea nymph; Calypso music is a style of Caribbean folk music; Calypso is the name of a moon of Saturn; The Calypso was a ship sailed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau; John D's Isle.

Another story tells that at one time the bees of AristaeusA minor god in Greek mythology, Aristaeus was the son of Apollo and the huntress Cyrene, who despised spinning and other womanly arts but spent her days hunting. According to Pindar, Apollo spirited her to Libya and made her the foundress of a great city [?], son of Apollo, all died of a disease. AristaeusA minor god in Greek mythology, Aristaeus was the son of Apollo and the huntress Cyrene, who despised spinning and other womanly arts but spent her days hunting. According to Pindar, Apollo spirited her to Libya and made her the foundress of a great city went to his mother, CyreneIn Greek mythology, as recorded in Pindar's 9th Pythian ode, Cyrene (or Kyrene ("sovereign queen") was the daughter of Hypseus, King of the Lapiths. When a lion attacked her father's sheep, Cyrene wrestled with the lion. Apollo happend along and immediate, for help; she told him that Proteus could tell him how to prevent another such disaster, but would do so only if compelled. Aristeus had to seize Proteus and hold him, no matter what he would change into. Aristeus did so, and Proteus eventually gave up and told him to sacrifice 12 animals to the gods, leave the corpses in the place of sacrifice, and return three days later. When Aristaeus returned after the three days he found in one of the carcasses a swarm of bees, which he took to his apiary. The bees were never again troubled by disease.

The children of Proteus include Eido and Theoklymenos with Psamathe, Polygonos and Telegonos (both killed by Hercules), and Eidothea .

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