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

(Γόρδυς), a son of Triptolemus, who assisted in searching after Io, and then settled in Phrygia, where the district of Gordyaea received its name from him. (Steph. Byz. s. v. Γορδίειον ; Strab. pp. 747, 750.)

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