Hodoedocus

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In Greek mythology, Hodoedocus or Hodedocus (/həˈdɛdəkəs/; Ancient Greek: Ὁδοίδοκος) was a son of and grandson of Opus.[1] His father and sister, , were eponyms of the cities Kynos in Locris and Larymna in Boeotia respectively.[2]

Hodoedocus was the father of Oileus by , daughter of ,[3] and of by Laonome.[4]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Eustathius on Homer, p. 227
  2. ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 9.23.7
  3. ^ Scholia on Homer, Iliad 2.640; Hyginus, Fabulae 14
  4. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Kalliaros

References[]

  • Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
  • Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
  • Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.


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