Thaumacus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Thaumacus (Ancient Greek: Θαυμάκου) was the founder of Thaumacia in Magnesia, Thessaly.[1] He was the father of King Poeas[2] of Meliboea or Malis, the father of Philoctetes.[3]

Notes
  1. Eustathius ad Homer, p. 329.6
  2. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Thaumakia
  3. Apollodorus, 1.9.16

References
  • Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
  • Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.


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