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

(Κύρνος), two mythical personages, from the one of whom the island of Cyrnus or Cyrne (Corsica) derived its name (Serv. ad Virg. Eclog. 9.30; Hdt. 1.167), and the other was regarded as the founder of Cyrnus, a town in Caria. (Diod. 5.60.)

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