Strabo, Geography, Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator), 14.2.8

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[8] After the Telchines, the Heliadae¹ were said, according to fabulous accounts, to have occupied the island. One of these Heliadae, Cercaphus, and his wife Cydippe had children, who founded the cities called after their names—

Lindus, Ialysus, and the white Cameirus.²

Others say, that Tlepolemus founded them, and gave to them the names of some of the daughters of Danaüs.

Geography. Strabo. Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator). London. 1854-1857.

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Geography (English) (Strabo. The Geography of Strabo, Vols. 1-3. Hamilton, Hans Claude, translator; Falconer, William, translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854-1857.)

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Γεωγραφικά Perseus (Strabo. Strabonis Geographica, Vols. 1-3. Meineke, August, editor. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.) — 14.2.8 focus

[8] μετὰ δὲ τοὺς Τελχῖνας οἱ Ἡλιάδαι μυθεύονται κατασχεῖν τὴν νῆσον, ὧν ἑνὸς Κερκάφου καὶ Κυδίππης γενέσθαι παῖδας τοὺς τὰς πόλεις κτίσαντας ἐπωνύμους αὑτῶν

Λίνδον Ἰηλυσόν τε καὶ ἀργινόεντα Κάμειρον.

¹ ἔνιοι δὲ τὸν Τληπόλεμον κτίσαι φασί, θέσθαι δὲ τὰ ὀνόματα ὁμωνύμως τῶν Δαναοῦ θυγατέρων τισίν.

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Geography (Books 6-14) Perseus (Strabo. The Geography of Strabo, Vols. 3-6. Jones, Horace Leonard, translator. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1924-1929 (printing).) — 14.2.8 focus

[8] After the Telchines, the Heliadae, according to the mythical story, took possession of the island; and to one of these, Cercaphus, and to his wife Cydippe, were born children who founded the cities that are named after them,

Lindus, Ialysus, and Cameirus white with chalk.

¹But some say that Tlepolemus founded them and gave them the same names as those of certain daughters of Danäus.

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Geography

1. That is, Children of the Sun. They were seven in number, Cercaphus, Actis, Macareus, Tenages, Triopes, Phaethon, and Ochimus, born of the Sun and of a nymph, or, according to others, of a heroine named Rhodus.

2. Il. ii. 656.

Strabo Geography 14.2.8

Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator)

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