Epidamnus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Epidamnus (Ancient Greek: Ἐπίδαμνος Epídamnos) father of Melissa who became the mother of Dyrrhachius by the sea-god Poseidon.[1] The town of Dyrrhachium in Illyria which was formerly called Epidamnus derived its name from him.
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- 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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