Sebrus

Sebrus or Sebros (ancient Greek Σέβρος) is a person of Greek mythology.

He is the son of the Hippocoon from Amyclai. The oldest evidence of Sebrus is its mention in a catalog of the Hippocoon sons by the choir lyricist Alkman. [1] Pausanias tells of Heroa of the sons of the Hippocoon who were in Sparta behind a portico next to a group of plane trees. In the group of plane trees was a heroon of the Olympian Cyniska, who was venerated there as a cultural heroine of horse breeding. In addition to Sebrus, the Hippocoon sons Alcimus, Enaraiphoros and Dorceus were venerated. [2] A place near the Heroa was named after Sebrus Sebrion. [3]

A myth about the sons of Hippokon is depicted in the library of Apollodorus, but there are more than four of them and they have different names. Together with his sons Dorycleus, Skaios, Enarophoros, Bukolos, Euteiches, Lykaithos, Tebros, Hippothoos, Eurytus, Hippocorystes, Alcinus and Alcon, Hippocoon drives the rulers of Sparta, Icarius and Tyndareos out of the city. Hippocoon and all his sons are killed by Heracles, whereupon Tyndareus takes control again. [4]

Sebrus can be identified with the Tebrus from the library; the reason for the different name forms is assumed to be either an error in the transfer of the name or a sound shift in Doric. [5]

literature

Johannes Zwicker: Sebros. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classical antiquity science (RE). Volume II A, 1, Stuttgart 1921, column 969 (digitized version).
Otto Höfer: Sebros. In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Ed.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology. Volume 4, Leipzig 1915, column 580 (digitized version).

Remarks
Alkman, fragment 23, 3 p. In: Theodor Bergk: Poetae lyrici graeci. Leipzig 1843.
Pausanias 3, 15, 1.
Pausanias 3:15, 2.
Libraries of Apollodorus 3, 10, 5.
Johannes Zwicker: Sebros. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der Altertumswissenschaft. Volume II A, 1, Col. 969.

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