Philomelus

A son of Iasion and Demeter, and brother of Plutus, is said to have invented the chariot when Boötes was placed among the stars by his mother.

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References

Sources

  • Hyginus. Poetical Astronomy ii, 4.
  • 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.