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Two famous Arion's emerge from Hellenic tradition. I copy from *Encyclopedia Mythica* :
1. "Singer and poet of Methymna on Lesbos... When he traveled from there to Italy, the sailors of his ship decided to kill him in order to steal his possessions. Arion, noticing the peril he was one, requested to sing one final song. He moved to the stem and sang his most beautiful song, after which his threw himself into the sea. A dolphin, attracted by his voice, took Arion upon his back and brought him safely to the Cape Taenarum, the southernmost point of the Peloponnesus..."
2. "One of the most notorious love affairs of Poseidon involves his sister, Demeter . Poseidon pursued Demeter and to avoid him she turned herself into a mare. In his lust for her, Poseidon transformed himself into a stallion and captured her. Their procreation resulted in a horse, Arion. "
Moreover, there was an obssure female divinity, Ariontia, who was worshipped in Sparta.
I most strongly suspect that Arion is derived from the Homeric word "areion" meaning "better, stouter, braver" (Liddell and Scott ). I doubt that it is related from "arios" (meaning Aryan - Iranian).
1. "Singer and poet of Methymna on Lesbos... When he traveled from there to Italy, the sailors of his ship decided to kill him in order to steal his possessions. Arion, noticing the peril he was one, requested to sing one final song. He moved to the stem and sang his most beautiful song, after which his threw himself into the sea. A dolphin, attracted by his voice, took Arion upon his back and brought him safely to the Cape Taenarum, the southernmost point of the Peloponnesus..."
2. "One of the most notorious love affairs of Poseidon involves his sister, Demeter . Poseidon pursued Demeter and to avoid him she turned herself into a mare. In his lust for her, Poseidon transformed himself into a stallion and captured her. Their procreation resulted in a horse, Arion. "
Moreover, there was an obssure female divinity, Ariontia, who was worshipped in Sparta.
I most strongly suspect that Arion is derived from the Homeric word "areion" meaning "better, stouter, braver" (Liddell and Scott ). I doubt that it is related from "arios" (meaning Aryan - Iranian).
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Thanx! :)
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