Dorceus

A son of Hippocoon, who had a heroum at Sparta conjointly with his brother Sebrus. The well near the sanctuary was called Dorceia, and the place around it Sebrion.1 It is probable that Dorceus is the same personage as the Dorycleus in Apollodorus,2 where his brother is called Tebrus.

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References

Notes

  1. Pausanias. Description of Greece iii, 15.2.
  2. The Library iii, 10.5.

Source

  • 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.