Aethon

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In Greek and Roman mythology there are several characters known as Aethon:

  • According to Ovid (II, 153), one of Helios' horses.
  • According to Virgil (XI, 89), Pallas' horse.
  • The personification of famine, Demeter placed him in Erysichthon's gut, making Erysichthon permanently famished. His Roman equivalent was Fames, a female deity.
  • According to Homer (XIX, 180), the pseudonym Odysseus assumed during his interview with Penelope upon his return to Ithaka.
  • Hyginus refers to the eagle that repeatedly ate Prometheus' innards as "aethonem aquilam". The author could be applying the name Aethon to the eagle, or simply using a transliteration of the Greek adjective "αἴθων", which may mean "red-brown" or "tawny".

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