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In [[Religion:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]], the name '''Apheidas''' ({{IPAc-en|ə|ˈ|f|aɪ|d|ə|s}}; [[Social:Ancient Greek|Ancient Greek]]: Ἀφείδας or Ἀφείδαντα) may refer to:
*Apheidas, son of [[Astronomy:Arcas|Arcas]]<ref>Apollodorus, 3.9.1</ref>
*Apheidas, a [[Unsolved:Centaur|Centaur]] who attended the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.317</ref>
*Apheidas, son of Polypemon, from Alybas. Odysseus at first introduces himself as Eperitus, son of this Apheidas, when he comes to see Laertes after having done away with the suitors of Penelope.<ref>[[Biography:Homer|Homer]], ''[[Religion:Odyssey|Odyssey]]'' 24.305</ref>
*Apheidas, one of the comrades of the Greek hero Odysseus.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Tzetzes, John|title=Allegories of the Odyssey|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2019|isbn=978-0-674-23837-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=141, 9.138|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam J.|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}}</ref> When the latter and 12 of his crew came into the port of [[Place:Sicily|Sicily]], the [[Biology:Cyclopes|Cyclops]] [[Unsolved:Polyphemus|Polyphemus]] seized and confined them. The monster then slain Apheidas and five others namely: Antiphon, Euryleon, Kepheus, Stratios and Menetos, while the remaining six survived.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Tzetzes, John|title=Allegories of the Odyssey|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2019|isbn=978-0-674-23837-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=141, 9.135–140|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam J.|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}}</ref>
*Apheidas (king of Athens), son of Oxyntes. After a short reign of one year, his brother Thymoetes succeeded him on the throne.<ref>Athenaeus, 3.96 d</ref>
*Apheidas, a king after whom a part of Molossians were named ''Apheidantes''.<ref>Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. ''Apheidantes''</ref>

== Notes ==

== 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. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
*Athenaeus of Naucratis, ''The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned.'' London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1854. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2013.01.0003 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
* Athenaeus of Naucratis, ''Deipnosophistae''. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2013.01.0001 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Biography:Homer|Homer]], [[Religion:Odyssey|''The Odyssey'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. {{ISBN|978-0674995611|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0136 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0135 Greek text available from the same website].
* Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Metamorphoses'' translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0028 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Metamorphoses.'' Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0029 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* Stephanus of Byzantium, ''Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt,'' edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. [https://topostext.org/work/241 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
*Tzetzes, John, ''Allegories of the Odyssey'' translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015. {{ISBN|978-0-674-96785-4}}
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