Iasus

For the town of ancient Laconia, see Iasus (Laconia).

In Greek mythology, Iasus (/ˈaɪ.ə.səs/; Ancient Greek: Ἴασος) or Iasius (/aɪˈeɪʒəs/; Ἰάσιος) was the name of several people:

• Iasus (Iasius), one of the Dactyli^[1] or Curetes.^[2]
• Iasus, king of Argos.^[3]
• Iasus, son of Io^[4]
• Iasius (Iasion^[5]), son of Eleuther and brother of Pierus. He was the father of Chaeresilaus^[6] and Astreis.^[7]
• Iasius, another name of Iasion.^[8]
• Iasus (Iasius), the Arcadian father of Atalanta^[9] by Clymene, daughter of Minyas; he was the son of King Lycurgus of Arcadia by either Eurynome or Cleophyle. His brothers were Ancaeus, Epochus and Amphidamas.^[10][11]
• Iasus (Iasius), father of King Amphion of Orchomenus. The latter married Persephone, daughter of Minyas,^[12] and fathered Chloris and Phylomache who both married the twins, Neleus^[13] and Pelias,^[14] respectively. This Iasius is likely the same with the above Iasus.
• Iasus, father of Nepeia, who married King Olympus and gave her name to the plain of Nepeia near Cyzicus.^[15]
• Iasius, winner of the horse-racing contest at the Olympic games held by Heracles.^[16]
• Iasus, father of Phaedimus. His son was killed by Amyntas in the war of the Seven against Thebes.^[17]
• Iasus, son of Sphelus (himself son of Bucolus), leader of the Athenians, was killed by Aeneas in the Trojan War.^[18]
• Iasus, king of Cyprus, father of Dmetor. In the Odyssey, he appears in a story told (and made up) by Odysseus.^[19]
• Iasus, father of Palinurus^[20] and Iapis.^[21]