A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Κισσεύς), a king in Thrace, and father of Theano or, according to others, of Hecabe. (Hom. il. 6.295, 11.223; Eur. Hec. 3; Hyg. Fab. 91; Verg. A. 7.720; Serv. ad Aen. 5.535.) There are two other mythical beings of the name of Cisseus. (Apollod. 2.1.5; Verg. A. 10.317.)

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