Thaumas
deity figure · 2 works · 3 mentions · 4 anchored passages
great Thaumas
in the texts
Theogony
Son of Sea and Earth who weds the Oceanid Electra and fathers Iris and the Harpies.
And Thaumas wedded Electra the daughter of deep-flowing Ocean, and she bore him swift Iris and the long-haired Harpies, Aello (Storm-swift) and Ocypetes (Swift-flier) who on their swift wings keep pace with the blasts of the winds and the birds;
And yet again he got great Thaumas and proud Phorcys, being mated with Earth, and fair-cheeked Ceto and Eurybia who has a heart of flint within her.
Rarely does the daughter of Thaumas, swift-footed Iris, come to her with a message over the sea's wide back.
On the Nature of the Gods
Mythological figure said to be the father of the rainbow, invoked as an etymological and mythic explanation
For it is beautiful (and on account of that beauty, because it has a wonderful cause, it is said to be born of Thaumas).