Biston

A son of Ares and Callirrhoe, the daughter of Nessus. He built the city of Bistonia on the shores of Lake Bistonis in Thrace. The Bistonians are said to derive their name from him.

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References

Sources

  • Cnipping on Ovid's Metamorphoses xiii, v. 430.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities.
  • Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Βιστονία.