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

2. A son of Thessalus, and one of the Greek heroes at Troy. He and his brother Pheidippus joined the Greeks with thirty ships, and commanded the men of Carpathos, Casos, Cos, and other islands. (Hom. Il. 2.675, &c.) According to Hyginus (Hyg. Fab. 97) he was a son of Mnesylus and Chalciope. Four other mythical personages of this name are mentioned in Hom. Il. 2.846, Od. 2.19, 17.68; Apollod. 1.7.3.

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