Ismen
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Ismen - a river god in Greek mythology. Son of Asopus
and Metop (a son of Oceanus
and Tefii ). Arrived in Boeotia and settled near the river, called by his name. Father Dirce
. Father nymphs, Kreneya grandfather, protector of Thebes. Tried to drown Hippomedon
and. Pindarus mentioned him in the Theban hymn to Zeus.
Asopus
Asopus or Asôpos is the name of four different rivers in Greece and one in Turkey. In Greek mythology, it was the name of the gods of those rivers.-The rivers in Greece:...
and Metop (a son of Oceanus
Oceanus
Oceanus ; , Ōkeanós) was a pseudo-geographical feature in classical antiquity, believed by the ancient Greeks and Romans to be the world-ocean, an enormous river encircling the world....
and Tefii ). Arrived in Boeotia and settled near the river, called by his name. Father Dirce
Dirce
Dirce was the wife of Lycus in Greek mythology, and aunt to Antiope whom Zeus impregnated. Antiope fled in shame to King Epopeus of Sicyon, but was brought back by Lycus through force, giving birth to the twins Amphion and Zethus on the way...
. Father nymphs, Kreneya grandfather, protector of Thebes. Tried to drown Hippomedon
Hippomedon
In Greek mythology, Hippomedon was one of the Seven Against Thebes and father of Polydorus.His father was either Talaus, the father of Adrastus, or Aristomachus , or Mnesimachus. If he is the son of Mnesimachus, then his mother is Metidice, daughter of Talaus, which makes him Adrastus's sister's...
and. Pindarus mentioned him in the Theban hymn to Zeus.