Cycnus
mythological figure · 7 works · 7 mentions · 13 anchored passages
blameless Cycnus · horse-taming Cycnus · murderer of his guests · the gallant son of Ares
in the texts
Alcestis
A son of Ares previously fought and defeated by Heracles.
hard it ever is and still is growing steeper, if I with Ares’ own-begotten sons must fight, first with Lycaon, next with Cycnus, while now I am bound on this third contest to engage the horses and their master.
Heracles
A savage killer of his guests slain by Heracles near the Pelian gulf, cited among Heracles' feats in the labors ode.
And at the strand of the Pelian gulf by the streams of Anaurus, he slew with his arrows Cycnus, murderer of his guests, the savage wretch who dwelt in Amphanae.
Shield of Heracles
Son of Ares who preyed on those bringing offerings to Delphi and is slain by Heracles in the precinct of Apollo.
“Cycnus, my friend!
And he slew Cycnus, the gallant son of Ares.
But Anaurus, swelled by a rain-storm, blotted out the grave and memorial of Cycnus;
Helen
Son of Poseidon who fought and died at Troy.
Zeus, though foreseeing the fate of Sarpedon,and Eos that of Memnon, and Poseidon that of Cycnus, and Thetis that of Achilles, nevertheless they all urged them on and sent them forth, thinking it more honorable for them to die fighting for the daughter of Zeus than to live without having taken part in the perils undergone on her account.
Isthmean
A mythic warrior whose death is invoked rhetorically in the catalogue of Aeacid heroic deeds.
Tell me, who killed Cycnus, and who Hector, and the fearless commander of the Ethiopians, bronze-armed Memnon?
Olympian
Mythic adversary whose battle with Heracles is recalled as an instance where even the great hero was checked.
Battle with Cycnus set back even Heracles, strong and violent;
Chrestomathy
Son of Poseidon killed by Achilles during the rout of the Trojans.
Then Achilles routs them, having slain Cycnus, the son of Poseidon;