Cephalus (/ˈsɛfələs/; Ancient Greek: Κέφαλος (Kephalos) 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[3]- means head, source or leader.
Mythological
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]
- ^ "Logeion". logeion.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
- ^ "Hesiod, Theogony, line 963". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
- ^ "Logeion". logeion.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.14.3
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 125
- ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology [1] by William Smith
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