Banished Brother Agathyrsus
Scythian · scion · mythic primordium (Pontic Greek variant) · Recorded classification
Banished-elder-son tier; eponymous ancestor of the Agathyrsi (a Pontic people described separately at Hdt 4.104). Counterpart of Lipoxais in the Hellenic variant.
Parentage
Domains
- tribal eponymy
Relations
- sibling: Banished Brother GelonusElder brothers in the Pontic-Greek variant: sons of Heracles and the serpent-legged maiden, both failed the bow-and-girdle test and were sent away.Herodotus, Histories 4.8-10 (primary)
- sibling: Royal Founder ScythesEldest brother of Scythes, the youngest, who alone strung their father's bow and stayed to rule.Herodotus, Histories 4.8-10 (primary)
Sources
- Eldest son of Heracles and the viper-maiden; unable to bend the bow, he is sent out of the land and becomes eponym of the Agathyrsi.: Herodotos, Histories 4.10 (Godley) (primary)