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In Greek mythology, Ilus (/ ˈ iː l oʊ s /; Ancient Greek: Ἶλος Ilos) was the founder of the city called Ilios or Ilion (Latinized as Ilium) to which he gave his name. [1] When the latter became the chief city of the Trojan people it was also often called Troy, the name by which it is best known today. In some accounts, Ilus was ...
In Greek mythology, Ilione or Iliona (Ancient Greek: Ἰλιόνη, romanized: Ilióne) was a Trojan princess who later became a queen of Thrace. [1] She is briefly mentioned in Virgil's Aeneid: Aeneas gives her scepter to Dido. [2]
In Classical Greek, the city was referred to as both Troia (Τροία) and Ilion (Ἴλιον) or Ilios (Ἴλιος). Metrical evidence from the Iliad and the Odyssey suggests that the latter was originally pronounced Wilios.
Ilium or Ilion (Ancient Greek: Ἴλιον), also known as Troja (Τροΐα), [1] was a city of ancient Epirus. [2] It is mentioned in the Aeneid of Virgil as a foundation of Helenus after the Trojan War in the land of the Chaonia. [3] Its site is located near the modern village of Despotiko in Greece. [4] [5] The village was formerly known as ...
The Royal House of Troy was also divided into two branches, that of the Dardanoi and that of the Trojans (their city being called Troy, or sometimes Ilion/Ilium). The House of the Dardanoi (its members being the Dardanids, Greek: Δαρδανίδαι; Latin: Dardanidae [3]) was older than the House of Troy, but Troy later became more powerful.
In Greek mythology, Ilus (/ ˈ iː l oʊ s /; Ancient Greek: Ἶλος, romanized: Îlos) is the name of several mythological characters associated directly or indirectly with Troy: Ilus, the son of Dardanus, and the legendary founder of Dardania. [1] Ilus, the son of Tros, and the legendary founder of Troy. [2]
Ilion may refer to: Ilion (Ἴλιον) or (Latinized) Ilium, an Archaic name for the pre-classical city of Troy, hence the title of Homer's Iliad, also a Byzantine city and bishopric, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see as Ilium; Ilion, Greece, a suburb of Athens, Greece, also known as Nea Liosia; Ilium (Epirus), ancient city of Epirus ...
Polemon of Athens (Ancient Greek: Πολέμων ὁ Ἀθηναῖος, fl. 2nd century BC) was an ancient Greek Stoic philosopher and geographer.Of Athenian citizenship, he was most widely known as Polemon of Athens, [citation needed] but he was born either in Ilium, Samos, or Sicyon, and was also known as Polemon of Ilium and Polemon Periegetes.