In Greek mythology, Ceyx (/ˈsiːɪks/; ) was a king of Trachis in Thessaly.Apollodorus, 2.7.6
Family In some accounts, Ceyx was Amphitryon's nephew, with Heracles building Trachis for him.. He was the father of Hippasus, alternatively of HylasScholia ad Theocritus, Idylls 13.7; Antoninus Liberalis, 26 and lastly, of Themistonoe, who married King Cycnus.Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 472-479 Muller supposes that the marriage of Ceyx and his connection with Heracles were the subjects of ancient poems.Dor. ii. 11. § 3, comp. i. 3. § 5
Mythology Ceyx received HeraclesPausanias 1.32.6, Apollodorus, 2.7.6-7 and Heracles's sons later fled to him.Apollodorus, 2.7.8 He befriended Heracles and offered him protection against King Eurystheus. His son Hippasus accompanied Heracles on his campaign against King Eurytus of Oechalia, during which Hippasus was slain in battle.Apollodorus, 2.7.7
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Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project. 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
Hesiod, Shield of Heracles from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website. Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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