Ἰασίων

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Ἰασίων is a figure in Greek mythology, often associated with Demeter and the island of Samothrace, known for his fateful love affair with the goddess.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ιασίων 2
Iasus (in one tradition) 1
Iasus (in some sources) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf figure in Greek mythology ⓘ
mortal man ⓘ
alternativeName Iasion ⓘ
Iasus (in some sources) ⓘ
linked to: Ἰασίων
associatedCult Samothracian Mysteries ⓘ
associatedWith Demeter ⓘ
Pleiad Electra ⓘ
Samothrace ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
agriculture ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
consort Demeter ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ
deathCause thunderbolt of Zeus ⓘ
ethnicity Trojan or Samothracian (varying traditions) ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasOffspring Corybas (in some traditions) ⓘ
Philomelus (in some traditions) ⓘ
linked to: Philomelus

Plutus ⓘ
hasParent Electra (Pleiad) ⓘ
linked to: Electra

Zeus ⓘ
hasSibling Dardanus ⓘ
Emathion (in some traditions) ⓘ
Harmonia (sometimes) ⓘ
killedBy Zeus ⓘ
literaryFunction exemplar of hubris toward the gods ⓘ
mentionedIn Apollodorus, Bibliotheca ⓘ
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History ⓘ
linked to: Diodorus Siculus

Hesiod, Works and Days ⓘ
Homeric Hymn to Demeter ⓘ
linked to: Hymn to Demeter
mythologicalTheme divine–mortal love ⓘ
origin of agricultural wealth ⓘ
punishment by Zeus ⓘ
notableAct lay with Demeter in a thrice-ploughed field ⓘ
placeOfActivity Samothrace ⓘ
placeOfBirth Samothrace (in many accounts) ⓘ
linked to: Samothrace
reasonForDeath love affair with Demeter ⓘ
offense against divine order ⓘ
relatedTo Dardanus, ancestor of Trojans ⓘ
linked to: Dardanus
roleInMyth father of Plutus, god of wealth ⓘ
lover of Demeter ⓘ
statusAfterDeath sometimes said to be honored in Samothracian rites ⓘ
symbolicMeaning union of earth goddess and mortal farmer ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Δάρδανος → sibling → Ἰασίων ⓘ
Ηλέκτρα → child → Ιασίων ⓘ
linked to: Ἰασίων
Atalanta → parent → Iasus (in one tradition) ⓘ
linked to: Ἰασίων
Δήμητρα → consort → Ιασίων ⓘ
linked to: Ἰασίων
Ἰασίων → alternativeName → Iasus (in some sources) ⓘ
linked to: Ἰασίων