Dymas of Phrygia
In Greek mythology, Dymas was a Phrygian king.Mythology
Dymas father of Hecuba, wife to King Priam of Troy. King Dymas is also said by Homer to have had a son named Asius, who fought during the Trojan War - not to be confused with his namesake, Asius son of Hyrtacus, who also fought before Troy. The scholiasts credit Dymas with another son, named Otreus, who fought the Amazons a generation before the Trojan War.
The father of Phrygian Dymas is given as one Eioneus, son of Proteus, by some ancient mythographers. Dymas's wife is given as Eunoë, a daughter of the river god Sangarius. In fact, Dymas and his Phrygian subjects are closely connected to the River Sangarius, which empties into the Black Sea. According to Dictys, he was a descendant of Phoenix, son of Agenor, as recounted by Helen to Hecuba to prove their kinship.
The etymology of the name Dymas is obscure, although it is probably non-Hellenic. Any resemblance to the name Midas, another mythical king of Phrygia, may be entirely coincidental.
