Thasus

A son of Poseidon, or Cilix or Agenor, was one of those who set out from Phoenicia in search of Europa, and thus founded the town of Thasos.

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References

Sources

  • Herodotus. Histories ii, 44, vi, 47.
  • Pausanias. Description of Greece v, 25.7.
  • Pseudo-Apollodorus. The Library iii, 1.1.
  • 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.