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Zethus

deity earth Greek corroborated · 3

Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #3395 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
500 BCE
Attested period
-500 – 2020
Historical notes
Mentioned in early sources such as Apollodorus and later Roman poets.

Relationships

enemy of
Lycus, Dirce
sibling of
Amphion
allied with
Amphion, Dioscuri
consort of
Aëdon
co occurs with
Niobe, Zeus
child of
Antiope, Zeus

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (1)
  1. Niobe
encyclopedia (2)
  1. Amphion (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  2. Amphion and Zethus (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“Amphion became a great singer and musician, Zethus a hunter and herdsman (Apollodorus iii. 5). After punishing Lycus and Dirce for cruel treatment of Antiope, they built and fortified Thebes, huge blocks of stone forming themselves into walls at the sound of Amphion’s lyre (Horace, Odes, iii. 11).”

#43994 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-20b:free

“Zethus a hunter and herdsman ... they built and fortified Thebes, huge blocks of stone forming themselves into walls at the sound of Amphion’s lyre.”

#43997 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free