Cocalus

A mythical king of Sicily, who kindly received Daedalus on his flight from Crete, and afterwards killed Minos, who came with an army in pursuit of him. According to others, Minos was killed by the daughters of Cocalus.

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References

Sources

  • Diodorus Siculus, iv, 78, 80.
  • Hyginus. Fabulae, 44.
  • Pausanias. Description of Greece vii, 4.5.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

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