Corythus

An Italian hero, a son of Jupiter (Zeus), and husband of Electra, the daughter of Atlas, by whom he became the father of Iasion and Dardanus. He is described as king of Tuscia, and as the founder of Corythus.

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References

Sources

  • Cortona; Servius on Virgil's Aeneid iii, 167; vii, 207; x, 719.
  • 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.