Idas of Messene

Marpessa and Idas, separated from Apollo by Zeus, Attic red-figure psykter, ca. 480 BC, Staatliche Antikensammlungen (Inv. 2417).

In Greek mythology, Idas (/ˈdəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἴδας, romanizedÍdas), was a Messenian prince. He was one of the Argonauts,[1] a participant in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar[2] and contender with the gods. Idas was described as keen and spirited.[3]

  1. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 14; Apollodorus, 1.9.16; Statius, Thebaid 5.405; Valerius Flaccus, 1.461
  2. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 173; Apollodorus, 1.8.2; Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.299 ff.
  3. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 14

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