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Rhesus (/ ˈ r iː s ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ῥῆσος Rhêsos) is a mythical king of Thrace in The Iliad who fought on the side of Trojans.Rhesus arrived late to the battle and while asleep in his camp, Diomedes and Odysseus stole his team of horses during a night raid on the Trojan camp.
Rhesus may refer to: Rhesus of Thrace, a king in Greek mythology; In Greek mythology, a river-god, son of Oceanus and Tethys; Rhesus, the Ancient Greek tragedy thought to have been written by Euripides; Rhesus (river), a river of the Troad mentioned by Homer; Rhesus macaque, also known as the rhesus monkey
Rhesus (Ancient Greek: Ῥῆσος, Rhēsos) is an Athenian tragedy that belongs to the transmitted plays of Euripides.Its authorship has been disputed since antiquity, [1] and the issue has invested modern scholarship since the 17th century when the play's authenticity was challenged, first by Joseph Scaliger and subsequently by others, partly on aesthetic grounds and partly on account of ...
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Alexander the Great retains Thrace and suppresses rebellion, 335–323 BC; Lysimachus, one of the Diadochi, includes Thrace in his kingdom, 323–281 BC [49] [50] Philip V of Macedon controls all cities of Thrace up to the hellespont, [51] 238–179 BC; Perseus of Macedon continues controlling the part of Thrace his father left him, 212–166 BC
Rhesus of Thrace, a mythological Thracian king, was so named because of his red hair and is depicted on Greek pottery as having red hair and a red beard. [58] Ancient Greek writers also described the Thracians as red-haired. A fragment by the Greek poet Xenophanes describes the Thracians as blue-eyed and red haired:
The main textual sources for Thracian religion come from Ancient Greek poets and writers, who were primarily interested in describing the mythology and philosophy of the Thracians rather than their cultic practices, due to which there is significant disparity in the amount of information recorded on Thracian myth compared to that of Thracian cult.
He was a king of Thrace. [2] By the Muses, [3] Euterpe [4] or Calliope [5] or Terpsichore, [6] he became the father of Rhesus. His other sons were Olynthus [7] and Brangas. [2] Neaera bore Strymon's daughter, Evadne who became the wife of King Argus. [8] He was also the father of Tereine who mothered Thrassa by the god Ares. [9]