Chios

The name of two mythical personages, each of whom is said to have given the name to the island of Chios.

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References

Sources

  • Pausanias. Description of Greece vii, 4.6.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
  • Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Χίος.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.