Banished Brother Gelonus

Scythian · scion · mythic primordium (Pontic Greek variant) · Recorded classification

Banished-middle-son tier; eponymous ancestor of the Geloni (cf. Hdt 4.108-109). Counterpart of Arpoxais in the Hellenic variant.

Parentage

parent: Strongman Forefather (Scythian Heracles)
parent: Serpent-Legged Ancestress

Domains

tribal eponymy

Relations

sibling: Banished Brother AgathyrsusReciprocal of scythian_agathyrsos.sibling — Elder 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 ScythesMiddle brother of Scythes in the Heraclean variant of the origin myth.Herodotus, Histories 4.8-10 (primary)

Sources

Middle son of Heracles and the viper-maiden; also failing the bow-test, he is driven out and becomes eponym of the Geloni.: Herodotos, Histories 4.10 (Godley) (primary)

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