Iamus

In Greek mythology, Iamus was the son of Apollo and Evadne, a daughter of Poseidon, raised by Aepytus. Apollo sent down Eileithyia and the Moirai (Fates) to assist her in her labor.[1] But shamed by Aepytus for her pregnancy, Evadne exposed the child to the elements. He survived, as two snakes were feeding him with honey. When Aepytus learnt from the oracle of Apollo that the new born was a child of Apollo who was destined to be a great prophet, he ordered to bring Iamus back into the house. Iamus was found alive lying among violets, and was named Iamus (from ίον, "violet") by Evadne. When he grew up, he descended into the waters of Alpheios and invoked Poseidon, his grandfather, and Apollo, his father, asking them to reveal his destiny to him. Apollo instructed him to go to Olympia. Granted the gift of prophecy by Apollo, he founded the Iamidae, a family of priests from Olympia.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Pindar's Odes, Pindar, Roy Arthur Swanson
  2. ↑ Pindar, Olympian Ode 4
  3. ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 4. 2. 3



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