Bias (mythology)

For other uses, see Bias (disambiguation).

In Greek mythology, Bias (/ˈbaɪ.əs/; Ancient Greek: Βίας; Latin: Biantes) may refer to the following characters:

• Bias, a Megarian prince as a son of King Lelex^[1] and brother to Cleson and Pterelaus.^[2] He was killed by his nephew Pylas, also a Megarian king. After the murder, Pylas gave the kingdom to the deposed king of Athens, Pandion and later founded the city of Pylos in Peloponnesus.^[3]
• Bias, son of Amythaon and brother of Melampus.^[4]
• Bias, son of Melampus and Iphianira thus a nephew of the earlier Bias.^[5] But his name has been proposed to read "Abas", another son of Melampus.^[6]
• Bias, one of the Epigoni and son of Parthenopaeus, one of the Seven Against Thebes.^[7]
• Bias, a Trojan prince as one of the sons of King Priam of Troy by other women.^[8] He was the father of two Trojan warriors, Laogonus and Dardanus.^[9] In another account, Bias and his brothers, Dryops and Chorithan, were instead slain by Idomeneus.^[10]
• Bias, an Athenian soldier who supported Menestheus against the attacks of Hector.^[11]
• Bias, a Pylian soldier who fought under their leader Nestor during the Trojan War.^[12]
• Bias, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers.^[13] He, with the other suitors, was slain by Odysseus with the aid of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.^[14]

See also

• Naming citation for Jovian asteroid 38050 Bias