Thoas (king of the Taurians)

In Greek mythology, Thoas (Ancient Greek: Θόας, "fleet, swift") was a king of the Taurians, a barbaric tribe in the Crimea. He was king when Agamemnon's daughter Iphigenia was taken to the land of the Taurians, and became a priestess of Artemis there. He was a character in Euripides' play Iphigenia among the Taurians. He is sometimes identified with the Thoas who was the king of Lemnos and the son of Dionysus and Ariadne, and the father of Hypsipyle.

Thoas (king of the Taurians)

In Greek mythology, Thoas (Ancient Greek: Θόας, "fleet, swift") was a king of the Taurians, a barbaric tribe in the Crimea. He was king when Agamemnon's daughter Iphigenia was taken to the land of the Taurians, and became a priestess of Artemis there. He was a character in Euripides' play Iphigenia among the Taurians. He is sometimes identified with the Thoas who was the king of Lemnos and the son of Dionysus and Ariadne, and the father of Hypsipyle.