Maraphius

Quartigod son of Helen and Menelaus per the scholiast on Iliad 3.175, named as eponymous ancestor of the Persian Maraphioi — one of the noble Persian tribes Herodotus lists at 1.125. The Greek-heroic-age-to-Persian-aristocratic-tribe genealogy is exactly the kind of cross-tradition mythographic claim that propagates by being useful: connects the Achaemenid nobility to the Trojan-cycle pantheon through Helen's line. No narrative episodes; known only as a genealogical link.

Parentage

• maternal: Helen
• paternal: Menelaus

Relations

• sibling: HermioneFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
• sibling: NicostratusFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
• sibling: PleisthenesFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
• sibling: AethiolasFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
• foundational precursor to: Maraphioi (Persian noble tribe) · PersianEponymous ancestor of one of the noble Persian tribes per the Iliad-scholiast tradition. Herodotus 1.125 lists the Maraphioi among the Persian aristocratic tribes without giving the eponym; the scholiast supplies the genealogical link to Helen.schol. Hom. Il. 3.175; Hdt. 1.125 (primary)

Sources

• existence: scholiast on Homer Iliad 3.175 (primary)
• parentage: schol. Hom. Il. 3.175 (primary)
• eponymous-genealogy: schol. Hom. Il. 3.175; Hdt. 1.125 (primary)