Taras
A son of Poseidon and a nymph. He is said to have traversed the sea from the promontory of Taenarum to the south of Italy, riding on a dolphin, and to have founded Tarentum in Italy.1 There he was worshiped as a hero.2
According to Virgil, however, the city was founded by Heracles.3
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- Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.