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Cynurus

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In Greek mythology, Cynurus (Κύνουρος) was a son of Perseus and Andromeda. He was brother of Perses, Alcaeus, Sthenelus, Electryon, Mestor, Heleus, Gorgophone and Autochthe. He was the eponymous founder of a city Cynura in Cynuria, Laconia, populated by Argive emigrants.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 3. 2. 2
  2. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Kynoura