Iasion

Demigod son of Zeus by the Pleiad Electra and brother of Dardanus, founder-figure of the Samothracian mysteries of the Great Gods. He lay with Demeter in a thrice-ploughed field on Crete and fathered Plutus, the god of wealth (Odyssey 5; Theogony 969-974); for the union Zeus struck him dead with a thunderbolt.

Parentage

• paternal: Zeus
• maternal: Electra the Pleiad

Domains

• samothracian mysteries
• agriculture

Powers

• Founds and teaches the Samothracian Mysteries
• Begets agricultural Wealth on Demeter

Relations

• sibling: DardanusFull brother; both sons of Zeus and the Pleiad Electra on Samothrace.Apollod. 3.12.1; Diod. Sic. 5.48 (primary)
• lover: DemeterHom. Od. 5.125-128; Hes. Theog. 969-974 (primary)
• father of: Plutus (god of wealth and agricultural plenty, son of Demeter and Iasion) · GreekPlutus, god of wealth; entry pending in registry.Hes. Theog. 969-974 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Homer, Odyssey 5.125-128; Hesiod, Theogony 969-974; Apollodorus 3.12.1; Diodorus Siculus 5.48-49; Ovid, Amores 3.10.25-28 (primary)
• parentage: Apollodorus 3.12.1; Hellanicus FGrHist 4 F 23 (son of Zeus and Electra) (primary)