Halirrothius
mythological figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
son of the ocean's ruler
in the texts
Against Aristocrates
Poseidon's son in the traditional Areopagus homicide narrative.
First, then, in ancient times, as we are told by tradition, in this court alone the gods condescended both to render and to demand satisfaction for homicide, and to sit in judgement upon contending litigants,—Poseidon, according to the legend, deigning to demand justice from Ares on behalf of his son Halirrothius, and the twelve gods to adjudicate between the Eumenides and Orestes.
Electra
Son of the ocean's ruler, killed by Ares for violating Ares's daughter, an event cited as the mythic origin of the Areopagus tribunal.
There is a hill of Ares, where the gods first sat over their votes to decide on bloodshed, when savage Ares killed Halirrothius, son of the ocean’s ruler, in anger for the unholy violation of his daughter, so that the tribunal is most sacred and secure in the eyes of the gods.