Hoples
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In Greek mythology, Hoples (Ancient Greek: Ὁπλῆτος or Ὅπλητες) was the Athenian son of Ion, eponym of the Ionians.[1]
Mythology
[edit]Hoples and his brothers, Teleon (Geleon), Aegicoreus and Argades, were the eponyms of the earlier four tribes of Athens: Hopletes (Hoplites), Teleonites (Geleontes), Aegicoreis, Argadeis (Ergadeis) after their father named it after them.[1][2]
Later on, Hoples became the father of Meta, also called Melite, the first wife of King Aegeus of Athens. The latter divorced her and given to one of his friends as not able to bear an heir to him.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Herodotus, 5.66.2; Euripides, Ion 1575-1581; Pollux, 8.109
- ^ Compare with Strabo, 8.7.1 (p. 383) where “. . .At first Ion divided the people into four tribes, but later into four occupations: four he designated as farmers, others as artisans, others as sacred officers, and a fourth group as the guards.” while Plutarch, Solon 23.4 states the “. . . four tribes were originally named, not from the sons of Ion, but from the classes into which occupations were divided; thus the warriors were called Hoplitai, the craftsmen Ergadeis; and of the remaining two, the farmers were called Geleontes, the shepherds and herdsmen Aigikoreis.”
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.15.6; Athenaeus, 13.4 (p. 556); Scholia ad Euripides, Medea 668