In the surviving mythographical account, Bounos is born to Hermes and the mortal woman Alcidamea/Alcidamia. When Aeëtes decided to depart for Colchis he entrusted the throne of Ephyra (an early name for Corinth) to Bounos, charging him to hold it until Aeëtes or his children returned. Bounos ruled in that legendary past and is said to have built a sanctuary to Hera Bunaea on the road up to Acrocorinthus; following his death Epopeus of Sicyon extended his rule to include Corinth.
No physical or iconographic description of Bounos is provided in the cited materials. Attestations present him as a genealogical and political figure—son of Hermes and a mortal woman and a local king—rather than as a described visual type or cult image.
The sources attribute no supernatural powers to Bounos. His attested actions are political and cultic: he received and held the throne of Ephyra as a caretaker-king at Aeëtes' departure, and he is credited with building a sanctuary to Hera Bunaea on the road to Acrocorinthus. No feats, miracles, or magic are recorded in the provided extracts.
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- [1]Bounos — Wikipedia. Wikipedia contributors. 'Bounos.' Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.wiki
- [2]Bounos — Wikidata entry Q838393. Wikidata: Q838393other
- [3]Le tableu de la bido ... (1673) — Archive listing. Archive.org listing for a 1673 work; cited as part of the provided materials though it does not supply additional information on Bounos in the excerpts provided.other