Zethus

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Zethus is a figure in Greek mythology, a son of Zeus and Antiope and twin brother of Amphion, known as a co-founder and ruler of the city of Thebes.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Zethus canonical 13
Zethos 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf figure in Greek mythology ⓘ
mythological character ⓘ
appearsIn Euripides' play "Antiope" ⓘ
associatedWithCity Thebes ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Boeotia ⓘ
associatedWithTheme brotherly rivalry ⓘ
city founding ⓘ
justice for Antiope ⓘ
avengedMotherOn Lycus ⓘ
builtWallsOf Thebes ⓘ
category Children of Zeus ⓘ
Theban mythology ⓘ
Twin characters in Greek mythology ⓘ
characterContrast man of action ⓘ
man of music and contemplation ⓘ
child Itylus ⓘ
coFounderOf Thebes ⓘ
contrastedWith Amphion ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
deathCause suicide (in some traditions) ⓘ
deathCircumstances suicide after death of his son Itylus (in some versions) ⓘ
domain cattle-breeding ⓘ
ethnicity Theban ⓘ
father Zeus ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
grandfather Nycteus ⓘ
house Royal house of Thebes ⓘ
linked to: Theban royal family
killed Lycus ⓘ
knownFor physical strength ⓘ
practical skills ⓘ
languageContext Ancient Greek ⓘ
mother Antiope ⓘ
mythologicalSource Apollodorus ⓘ
Euripides ⓘ
Pausanias ⓘ
mythologicalTradition Greek mythology ⓘ
mythType founder-hero ⓘ
occupation herdsman ⓘ
persecutorOfMother Lycus ⓘ
raisedBy herdsmen ⓘ
rulerOf Thebes ⓘ
sibling Amphion ⓘ
spouse Thebe ⓘ
twinBrother Amphion ⓘ
uncle Lycus ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Children of Zeus → includes → Zethus ⓘ
Amphion → sibling → Zethus ⓘ
Amphion → twinBrother → Zethus ⓘ
Amphion → coRulerWith → Zethus ⓘ
Aedon → spouse → Zethus ⓘ
Thebe → largestCrater → Zethus ⓘ
Antiope → hasChild → Zethus ⓘ
Antiope → rescuedBy → Zethus ⓘ
Antiope → reconciledWith → Zethus ⓘ
Plotinus' circle in Rome → hasMember → Zethos ⓘ
linked to: Zethus
Dirce → punishedBy → Zethus ⓘ