Bias

In Greek mythology, Bias (/ˈbaɪ.əs/; Ancient Greek: Βίας; Latin: Biantes) may refer to the following characters:

Bias, a Megarian prince as a son of King Lelex[1] and brother to Cleson and Pterelaus.[2] He was killed by his nephew Pylas, also a Megarian king. After the murder, Pylas gave the kingdom to the deposed king of Athens, Pandion and later founded the city of Pylos in Peloponnesus.[3]
Bias, son of Amythaon and brother of Melampus.[4]
Bias, son of Melampus and Iphianira thus a nephew of the earlier Bias.[5] But his name has been proposed to read "Abas", another son of Melampus.[6][7][8]
Bias, one of the Epigoni and son of Parthenopaeus, one of the Seven Against Thebes.[9]
Bias, a Trojan prince as one of the sons of King Priam of Troy by other women.[10] He was the father of two Trojan warriors, Laogonus and Dardanus.[11]
Bias, an Athenian soldier who supported Menestheus against the attacks of Hector.[12]
Bias, a Pylian soldier who fought under their leader Nestor during the Trojan War.[13]
Bias, one of the Suitors of Penelope from Dulichium.[14]

Notes

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Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 1.39.6
Eustathius on Homer, p. 1473; Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.747
Apollodorus, 3.15.5
Apollodorus, 1.9.10-11, 2.2.2
Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.68.5
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 1.4e
Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 1.142
Apollodorus, 1.9
Hyginus, Fabulae 71
Apollodorus, 3.12.5; Hyginus, Fabulae 90
Homer, Iliad 20.460
Homer, Iliad 13.691
Homer, Iliad 4.295

Apollodorus, Epitome 7.26 ff & 7.33

References

Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text .
Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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