Broteas
deity earth Greek single tradition · 4
Broteas was a famous hunter who refused to honour Artemis, and boasted that nothing could harm him, not even fire. Artemis then drove him mad, causing him to walk into fire, ending his life.
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When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Greek mythology.
Relationships
- enemy of
- Artemis (Diana)
- co occurs with
- daemon, Astynome, Iapetus, Cybele, Minerva, Ares, Hermes, Siproites, Calydon, Daphnis, Scamandrius, Bouphagos
- parent of
- Tantalus
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (4)
Source passages
“Broteas was a famous hunter who refused to honour Artemis, and boasted that nothing could harm him, not even fire. Artemis then drove him mad, causing him to walk into fire, ending his life.”
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“In literature of the Renaissance and later, Broteas is most often called "Brotheus" and described as a son of Vulcan who cast himself into the flames, sometimes specified as those of Mount Aetna, because of his deformity.”
#42348 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001