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'''Corythus''' is the name of six mortal men in [[Greek mythology]].
*Corythus, son of [[Marmarus]], and one of the court of [[Cepheus, King of Aethiopia|Cepheus]]. He wounded [[Pelates]] during the battle at the wedding feast of [[Perseus]] and [[Andromeda (mythology)|Andromeda]].<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 5.107</ref>
*Corythus, an [[Italy|Italian]] king and father, in some sources, of [[Iasion]]<ref>[[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]] on [[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Serv.+A.+3.167&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0053 3.167], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Serv.+A.+7.207&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0053 7.207] & [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Serv.+A.+10.719&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0053 10.719]</ref> and [[Dardanus (son of Zeus)|Dardanus]]<ref>[[Lactantius]], ''[[The Divine Institutes|Divine Institutes]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/543#1.23 1.23]</ref> by [[Electra (Pleiad)|Electra]].<ref>''[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]]''. 19th-century encyclopedia of classics.</ref>
*Corythus, one of the [[Lapiths]]. Only a youth, he was killed nonetheless by [[Rhoetus]], one of the [[Centaurs]].<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.290</ref>
*Corythus, an [[Iberia]]n, beloved of [[Heracles]]. Was said to have been the first to devise a helmet ([[Greek language|Greek]] ''korys'', [[genitive case|gen.]] ''korythos''), which took its name from him.<ref>[[Ptolemy Hephaestion]], ''New History'' 2 in [[Photius]], ''Bibliotheca'' 190</ref>
*Corythus, one of the [[Doliones]]. He was killed by [[Tydeus]].<ref>[[Gaius Valerius Flaccus|Valerius Flaccus]], [http://www.theoi.com/Text/ValeriusFlaccus3.html 3.95]</ref>
*Corythus, a king who raised [[Telephus]], son of [[Heracles]] and [[Auge]], as his own son.<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4B*.html#33.11 4.33.11]</ref>
*Corythus, son of [[Paris (mythology)|Paris]] and the [[nymph]] [[Oenone (nymph)|Oenone]]. After Paris abandoned Oenone, she sent the boy - now grown - to [[Troy]], to incite jealousy in his father and to plot "something bad" against Paris' [[Helen of Troy|second wife]].<ref>[[Conon (mythographer)|Conon]], [https://topostext.org/work/489#23 Narrations 23]</ref> He fell in love with her, and she "received him warmly". Upon discovering this, Paris killed him – unable to recognise his own son. Other versions state Oenone sent Corythus to guide the [[Achaeans (Homer)|Achaean]] armies to Troy.<ref>[[Lycophron]], [https://www.theoi.com/Text/LycophronAlexandra1.html#c1 Alexandra 61]</ref><ref>[[Tzetzes]], [https://topostext.org/work/860#57 Ad Lycophronem 57]</ref> Corythus was alternatively said to be the son of [[Helen of Troy|Helen]] and Paris,<ref>[[Parthenius of Nicaea|Parthenius]], [https://topostext.org/work/550#34 34] from 2nd book of [[Hellanicus of Lesbos|Hellanicus]]’ ''Troica'' and from the ''Trojan History'' of Cephalon of Gergitha</ref> who died along with his two brothers when a roof collapsed in Troy.<ref>[[Dictys Cretensis]], [https://topostext.org/work/152#5.5 Trojan War Chronicle]</ref>
== Notes ==
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== References ==
* [[Diodorus Siculus]], ''[[Bibliotheca historica|The Library of History]]'' translated by [[Charles Henry Oldfather]]. Twelve volumes. [[Loeb Classical Library]]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
* Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2''. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Valerius Flaccus (poet)|Gaius Valerius Flaccus]], ''Argonautica'' translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/ValeriusFlaccus1.html Online version at theio.com.]
* Gaius Valerius Flaccus, ''Argonauticon.'' Otto Kramer. Leipzig. Teubner. 1913. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2007.01.0058 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* [[Maurus Servius Honoratus]], ''In Vergilii carmina comentarii. Servii Grammatici qui feruntur in Vergilii carmina commentarii;'' recensuerunt Georgius Thilo et Hermannus Hagen. Georgius Thilo. Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1881. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0053 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Parthenius of Nicaea|Parthenius]], ''Love Romances'' translated by Sir Stephen Gaselee (1882-1943), S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 69. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1916.  [https://topostext.org/work/550 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Parthenius, ''Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol. 1''. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0643 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Ovid|Publius Ovidius Naso]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0028 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Metamorphoses.'' Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0029 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
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