Eleuther

In Greek mythology, the name Eleuther^{[pronunciation?]} (Ancient Greek: Ἐλευθήρ) may refer to:

• Eleuther, one of the Curetes, was said to have been the eponym of the towns Eleutherae and Eleuthernae in Crete.^[1]
• Eleuther, an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon either by the naiad Cyllene,^[2] Nonacris^[3] or by unknown woman. He and his brother Lebadus were the only not guilty of the abomination prepared for Zeus, and fled to Boeotia.^[4]
• Eleuther, a variant of the name Eleutherios, early Greek god who was the son of Zeus and probably an alternate name of Dionysus.^[5]
• Eleuther, son of Apollo and Aethusa.^[6] He is renowned for having an excellent singing voice, which earned him a victory at the Pythian games,^[7] and for having been the first to erect a statue of Dionysus,^[8] as well as for having given his name to Eleutherae.^[9] His sons were Iasius^[10] (Iasion^[11]) and Pierus.^{[citation needed]} He also had several daughters, who spoke impiously of the image of Dionysus wearing a black aegis, and were driven mad by the god; as a remedy, Eleuther, in accordance with an oracle, established a cult of "Dionysus of the Black Aegis".^[12]

In information technology, Eleuther refers to EleutherAI, an artificial intelligence nonprofit.