Myles

A son of Lelex, brother of Polycaon, father of Eurotas, and king of Lacedaemon, was regarded as the inventor of mills. Stephanus of Byzantium mentions Μυλάντιοι δεοὶ (Mylantioi deoi) as the protectors of mills.

References

Sources

  • Pausanias. Description of Greece iii, 1.1, 20.2, iv, 1.2.
  • 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.