Cephalus

Cephalus or Kephalos (/ˈsɛfələs/; Ancient Greek: Κέφαλος) is the son of Hermes,^[1] husband of Eos^[2] and a hero-figure in Greek mythology. Cephalus carried as a theophoric name by historical persons. The root of this name is κεφαλ, meaning "head".^[3]

Mythological

• Cephalus, son of Hermes and Herse.^[4]
• Cephalus, son of Deion/Deioneos, husband of Procris.^[5]

Historical

• Cephalus, son of Lysanias from Syracuse (5th century BCE), a wealthy metic and elderly arms manufacturer living in Athens who engages in dialogue with Socrates in Plato's Republic. He was the father of orator Lysias, philosopher Polemarchus and Euthydemus.
• Cephalus, Athenian orator who flourished after the time of the Thirty Tyrants.
• Cephalus, a Molossian who sided with Perseus in the Third Macedonian War.^[6]

See also

• Ancient Greece portal
• Myths portal

• List of commonly used taxonomic affixes