Idas
mythological figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
in the texts
Nemean
Son of Aphareus who killed Castor in a dispute over cattle and was in turn killed by Zeus's thunderbolt.
and these sons of Aphareus themselves suffered terribly by the devising of Zeus.
He and Idas at once reached the spot with swift feet, and quickly contrived a mighty deed;
For Idas, angered for some reason about his cattle, stabbed him with the point of his bronze spear.
Chrestomathy
Owner of the stolen cattle who kills Castor and is killed by Polydeuces.
Meanwhile Castor, together with Polydeuces, are caught stealing the cattle of Idas and Lynceus;