Olynthus

A son of Heracles and Bolbe, from whom the Thracian town of Olynthus, and the river Olynthus near the Chalcidian town of Apollonia, were believed to have received their name.

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References

Sources

  • Athenaeus, viii, p. 334.
  • Conon. Narratives, 4, where another person of the same name is mentioned.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
  • Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.