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In Greek mythology, Zoeteus (Ancient Greek: Ζοιτεύς) was a member of the Arcadian royal family, as the son of Prince Tricolonus, son of the impious King Lycaon. He was the elder brother of Paroreus.[1] Zoeteus was the reputed founder of Zoetia, a town in Arcadia.[2]

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  • 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.