Figure Greek and Roman
Cephalus
Κέφαλος , Cephalus grc
Son of Deioneus and beloved of Eos in Greek mythology
A life on the record,
dated by its sources.
Roles, not beliefs
Overview
From Wikipedia, quoted unmodified under CC BY-SA 4.0; the article’s history is its list of authors.
Family
The family of Cephalus
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 16
Kinship in an account 2
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Family 14
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a marriage · a shared religious affiliation
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- child of (child) Deioneus son of Aeolus
- child of (mother) Diomede Greek mythological figure, daughter of Xuthus
- parent of (child) Adymnus son of Cephalus in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Alcimede Greek mythological character, mother of Jason
- parent of (child) Aoos son of Cephalus in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Arcesius legendary king of Ithaca
- parent of (child) Canes son of Cephalus and king of Phocis in Greek mythology
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parent of (child) Hesperus personification of the planet Venus or its manifestation in the evening - parent of (child) Iphiclus mythical son of Phylacus
- parent of (child) Oie
- parent of (child) Phaethon son of Eos by Cephalus or Tithonus in Greek mythology
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partner of Eos Greek goddess of the dawn - married to Clymene mythical daughter of Minyas
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married to Procris legendary princess of Athens
Connections
How Cephalus connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Affiliation 1
What this means
Association with a tradition or school. Traditions branch, overlap and re-merge; this is not a clean single-origin tree.
Does not imply a fixed roster · that every account of the tradition knows this figure
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Identification 1
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
16 statements on this record
- 3 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 13 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 1 of them cite only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
Three layers, three licences
- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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