Cleopompus
In Greek mythology, Cleopompus (Ancient Greek: Κλεόπομπον, romanized: Kleopompos) was the human father by the nymph Cleodora of Parnassus - the eponym of the famous mountain in Phocis. The divine father of the latter was said to be Poseidon.[1]
Modern interpretation
[edit]According to one source, the following recounts the historical basis of the myth surrounding Cleopompus:
“ The ancestors of the ancient Greeks lived for a long time in the upper reaches of the Cephisus River, which flows from west to east on the north side of Mount Parnassus.[2] In 1850 BC, Cleopompus was born in the upper reaches of the sacred river. He married Cleodora and in 1825 BC, the latter born to him a son, Parnassus.[3] Cleopompus and his wife were the earliest known Greeks shortly before the Great Flood of the Cephisus River in 1750 BC.[2]”
References
[edit]- ^ Pausanias, 10.6.1
- ^ a b Miyano, Kengo. "Chapter 1 - The Flood of Ogygus Era (1750 BC)". Bronze Age History of Greece.
- ^ Miyano, Kengo. "Cleopompus, father of Parnassus". Biographical Dictionary of Ancient Greeks.