Gyrton

A brother of Phlegyas, who built the town of Gyrton on the Peneius, and from whom it received its name.1 Others derived the name of that town from Gyrtone, who is called a daughter of Phlegyas.

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References

Notes

  1. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Γύρτων.
  2. Scholiast on Apollonius Rhodius, i, 57; comp. Müller. Orchomenos und die Minyer, p. 189 (2d ed.).

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.