I
Thoas
King of Lemnos before the Lemnian women slew their husbands; Homer still knows the isle as the city of godlike Thoas, and Apollonius makes Hypsipyle spare him alone.1
II
Hypsipyle
Daughter of Thoas who ruled the women-held island when the Argonauts came; Jason left the sovereignty with her, and she bore him Euneus (and Nebrophonus or Deipylus).2
III
Euneus
Son of Jason and Hypsipyle; in the Iliad he is the Lemnian lord who ships wine to the Achaeans and pays the ransom when Achilles sells Lycaon into Lemnos.3
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the spine ignites as you read · the reign index on the card follows your place · starred rulers link to their codices
HER SKY
a mini-galaxy of 14 dwellers
the sky drifts, waiting
MYTHS SET HERE
7 tales walk these walls
The Birth of HephaestusIsland where he fell at sunset in one accountAriadne on NaxosIsland where Dionysus begat her sonsThe ArgonauticaIsland of Hypsipyle and the slaughtered husbandsThe Voyage to ColchisFirst landfall, isle of the Lemnian womenPhiloctetes on LemnosSacred isle of exile and solitary survival
THE SPINDLE OF MYTHS →… and 2 more
ON THE MAP
in Lemnos — North Aegean
Coordinates: Pleiades gazetteer, CC BY · place 599245