In Greek mythology, Kalydnos (Ancient Greek: Κάλυδνος, Latinized as Calydnus) was a son of Uranus and the first king of Thebes, after whom the city was thought to have been called Calydna.[1] He was believed to have built the first fortifications of the city, which was why Thebes were sometimes referred to as the "citadel of Calydnus". Calydnus was succeeded by Ogygus.[2][3]
A certain Calydnus was also the mythical eponym of the island Calydna near Troy.[4]
Notes
edit- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Kalydna
- ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 1206 & 1209
- ^ Hornblower, Simon (2015). Lykophron, Alexandra: Greek Text, Translation, Commentary, and Introduction. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 433.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Kalydna; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 25
References
edit- Hornblower, Simon, Lykophron, Alexandra: Greek Text, Translation, Commentary, and Introduction. Oxford University Press. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom. 2015. ISBN 978-0-19-957670-8, 978-0-19-881064-3
- 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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