Peteus

A son of Orneus, and father of Menestheus, was expelled from Athens by Aegeus, and is said to have gone to Phocis, where he founded the town of Stiris.

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References

Sources

  • Homer. Iliad ii, 552; iv, 338.
  • Pausanias. Description of Greece ii, 25.5; x, 35.5.
  • Plutarch. Theseus, 32.
  • Pseudo-Apollodorus. The Library iii, 10.8.
  • 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.