Idas

Japanese: Idas
Idas

...As for his father, it is said that he was either Zeus (the Dioscuri means "sons of Zeus") or Tyndareus, or, alternatively, that after Zeus, in the form of a swan, had intercourse with Leda, Leda also slept with her husband, and that Zeus's seed gave birth to Polydeuces and Helen, and Tyndareus's seed gave birth to Castor and Clytemnestra. After these brothers participated in the Argonaut expedition under Jason, they kidnapped two daughters who were engaged to Idas, the son of their uncle Aphareus, and to Lynceus, and then Castor was killed by Idas, the son of Idas and Lynceus, or because they fought over the division of the cattle they had stolen. Polydeuces, who was immortal at the time, was so heartbroken over the death of his brother that he begged Zeus to let him die with him, and Zeus allowed the two to live in heaven and the underworld, alternating days.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Idas" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…父に関しては,ゼウス(ディオスクロイとは〈ゼウスの息子たち〉の意)とも,テュンダレオスとも,あるいはまた,白鳥の姿に変じたゼウスがレダと交わったあと,レダは夫とも同衾したので,ゼウスの種からはポリュデウケスとヘレネが,テュンダレオスの種からはカストルとクリュタイムネストラが生まれたともされる。この兄弟はイアソンを指揮者とするアルゴ船の遠征(アルゴナウタイ伝説)に参加したあと,叔父アファレウスAphareusの子のイダスIdasとリュンケウスLynkeus兄弟の許嫁であった2人の娘をさらったため,あるいはイダス,リュンケウス兄弟と4人で奪った牛の分配をめぐって争ったため,カストルがイダスに殺された。このとき不死身であったポリュデウケスは,兄弟の死を悲しむあまり,自分もいっしょに死なせてくれるようゼウスに懇願すると,ゼウスは2人に,1日おきに天上と冥府で暮らすことを許したという。…

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