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king of Lycia

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Canonical name
king of Lycia
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None
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Character
Scope
Individual
Editorial note
Unnamed in Book 6; the king receives Bellerophon, reads the letter, sets the trials, and later gives him his daughter.

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Location presence

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Xanthus1 observation
·Reported

Glaucus reports that the king of Lycia received Bellerophon at the river Xanthus.

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“When he reached the river Xanthus, which is in Lycia, the king received him with all goodwill, feasted him nine days, and killed nine heifers in his honour”

Claims

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·Reported

Glaucus says the Lycian king recognized Bellerophon as valiant divine offspring, kept him in Lycia, gave him his daughter, and made him his equal in the kingdom; the Lycians gave Bellerophon their best land.

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“Then the king knew that he must be the valiant offspring of a god, so he kept him in Lycia, gave him his daughter in marriage, and made him of equal honour in the kingdom with himself; and the Lycians gave him a piece of land, the best in all the country, fair with vineyards and tilled fields, to have and to hold”

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·Reported
“the king received him with all goodwill”

Passage preview

Book 6 · Passage 14

‘When he reached the river Xanthus, which is in Lycia, the king received him with all goodwill, feasted him nine days, and killed nine heifers in his honour, but when rosy-fingered morning appeared upon the tenth day, he questioned him and desired to see the letter from his sonin-law Proetus. When he had received the wicked letter he first commanded Bellerophon to kill that savage monster, the Chimaera, who was not a human being, but a goddess, for she had the head of a lion and the tail of a serpent, while her body was that of a goat, and she breathed forth flames of fire; but Bellerophon slew her, for he was guided by signs from heaven. He next fought the far-famed Solymi, and this, he said, was the hardest of all his battles. Thirdly, he killed the Amazons, women who were the peers of men, and as he was returning thence the king devised yet another plan for his destruction; he picked the bravest warriors in all Lycia, and placed them in ambuscade, but not a man ever came back, for Bellerophon killed every one of them. Then the king knew that he must be the valiant offspring of a god, so he kept him in Lycia, gave him his daughter in marriage, and made him of equal honour in the kingdom with himself; and the Lycians gave him a piece of land, the best in all the country, fair with vineyards and tilled fields, to have and to hold.