#aphareus

[sarafangirlart]

Is this an Oedipus situation where neither knew they were related bc huh??? How did this happen????

Aphareus and Arene:

[galusandmalus]

"Euenos, the son of Ares and king of Aitolia, had an especially beautiful daughter named Marpessa, and he challenged her suitors to a chariot-race, saying that he would give her in marriage to the one who could escape him in pursuit. When he caught them, he beheaded them and put their heads on the wall of his house to scare off the others. Well, many had already been killed when finally Idas (they called him Aphareus’ son but in reality he was Poseidon’s), after getting really fast horses from his father, snatched the girl while she was dancing in the sanctuary of Artemis. When Euenos was unable to catch him, he slaughtered his horses and hurled himself into the Lycormas river, which was then called “Euenos” after him. After Idas escaped the danger, Apollo confronted him over the girl, wanting to take her away for himself. When they were about to fight, Zeus sent Hermes to tell the girl that she could choose whichever one she wanted. Worried that Apollo would abandon her when she got old, she chose Idas. " d scholia to the iliad mf this is just pelops and hippodamia I've been duped this myth is just the sequel that cant use the copyrighted characters

[floravaenus]

Joke idea what if Aphareus and Arene were such fans of Egyptian culture because of their ancestry that they decided to marry each other to follow Egyptian customs, and thats why Lynceus and Idas are named after the sons of Aegyptus (yes, Idas was also one of the sons of Aegyptus)