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The ancient Greek word ''aithôn'' means "burning", "blazing" or "shining." Less strictly, it can denote the colour red-brown, or "tawny." It is an epithet sometimes applied to animals such as horses at Hom. ''Il''. 2.839 ; oxen at ''Od''.18.372; and an eagle at ''Il''. 15.690 (cf. Hyginus' calling the eagle that tormented Prometheus an ''aethonem aquilam'' at ''Fabulae'' 31.5.). In English, it may be written Aethon, Aithon, and sometimes Ethon. The eagle who tormented Prometheus, Aethon was the child of the Monster Typhon and Echidna.〔:de:Ethon〕 In Greek and Roman mythology there are a number of characters known as Aethon. Most are horses, variously belonging to: * Helios (Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 2.153) * Ares (Quintus Smyrnaeus, ''Posthomerica'' 8.239) * Hector (Homer, ''Iliad'' 8.184) * Pallas (Vergil, ''Aeneid'' 11.89) The name is twice applied to humans. In ''Odyssey'' 19.183, it is the pseudonym a disguised Odysseus assumes during his interview with Penelope upon his return to Ithaca. According to fr. 43a.5 of Hesiod's ''Catalogue of Women'', Erysichthon of Thessaly was also known as Aethon due to the "burning" hunger (''aithôn limos'') he was made to endure by Demeter (cf. Callimachus' ''Hymn to Demeter'' 6.65ff.) ==See also== * Chrysoritis aethon, a species of butterfly 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aethon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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