Daunus

A king of Apulia. He had been obliged to flee from Illyria, his native land, into Apulia, and gave his name to a portion of his new country (Daunia.) He is said to have hospitably received Diomedes, and to have given him his daughter Euippe in marriage.

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References

Sources

  • Festus, s.v.
  • Pliny the Elder. Naturalis Historia iii, 11.
  • 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.