Arion
animal_ally earth Arcadian single tradition · 2
Arion is the immortal horse of Adrastus, which could run at fantastic speeds. Was said to eat gold.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 1600 BCE
- Attested period
- -1600 – 500
- Historical notes
- Divine horse born from union of Poseidon and Demeter in Arcadian myth.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Horses of Achilles, Horses of Ares, Horses of Eos, Horses of Erechtheus, Horses of Dioskouroi, Horses of Hector, Horses of Helios, Horses of Poseidon, Mares of Diomedes, Ocyrhoe, Trojan Horses, Pan, Persephone, Silenoi, Acheloos, Wanax, Karkinos, Cretan Bull, Gadflies, Myrmekes, Myrmidons, Orthrus, Cattle of Helios, black-skinned cattle of Hades, Ceryneian Hind, Elaphoi Khrysokeroi, Dionysus' Panthers, Argos, Golden Dog, Guard Dogs of Hephaestus Temple, Laelaps, Maera, Artemis's pack of 14 exquisite hunting dogs, Delphin, Dolphins of Taras, Donkey of Hephaestus, Donkey of Silenus, Scythian horned donkeys, Amalthea, Anemoi, Artemis (Diana)
- serves
- Adrastus
- sibling of
- Despoina
- allied with
- Dolphin (mythic rescuer)
Mentioned by
- Karkinos
- Cretan Bull
- Gadflies
- Myrmekes
- Myrmidons
- Orthrus
- Cattle of Helios
- black-skinned cattle of Hades
- Ceryneian Hind
- Elaphoi Khrysokeroi
- Dionysus' Panthers
- Argos
- Golden Dog
- Guard Dogs of Hephaestus Temple
- Laelaps
- Maera
and 12 more
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Arion, the immortal horse of Adrastus, which could run at fantastic speeds. Was said to eat gold.”
#4624 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Poseidon mates with the mare, Demeter, and from the union she bears the horse, Arion, and a daughter who originally had the shape of a mare too.”
#27991 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5