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, Kalydnos (

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: Κάλυδνος, Latinized as Calydnus) was a son of

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and the first king of Thebes, after whom the city was thought to have been called Calydna. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. ''Kalydna'' 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. A certain Calydnus was also the mythical

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of the island Calydna near

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.Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. ''Kalydna;'' Tzetzes on Lycophron, 25

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References

* Hornblower, Simon, ''Lykophron, Alexandra: Greek Text, Translation, Commentary, and Introduction.'' Oxford University Press. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom. 2015. * 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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