Icărius

, an A then i an, father of Erigone. He gave wine to some peasants, who drank it with the greatest avidity, ignorant of its intoxicating nature. They were soon deprived of their reason, and the fury and resentment of their friends and neighbours were immediately turned upon Icarius, who perished by their hands. After death he was honoured with public festivals, and his daughter was led to discover the place of his burial by means of his faithful dog Mœra. Erigone hung herself in despair, and was changed into a constellation called Virgo. Icarius was changed into the star Bootes, and the dog Mœra into the star Canis. Hyginus , fable 130.— Apollo dor us , bk. 3 , ch. 14 .――A son of Œbalus of Lacedæmon. He gave his daughter Penelope in marriage to Uly es king of Ithaca, but he was so tenderly attached to her, that he wished her husband to settle at Lacedæmon. Uly es refused, and when he saw the earnest petitions of Icarius, he told Penelope as they were going to embark, that she might choose freely either to follow him to Ithaca, or to remain with her father. Penelope blushed in the deepest silence, and covered her head with her veil. Icarius upon this permitted his daughter to go to Ithaca, and immediately erected a temple to the godde of modesty, on the spot where Penelope had covered her blushes with her veil. Homer , Ody ey , bk. 16 , li. 435 .