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Cynaegirus

Cynegirus or Cynaegirus (Ancient Greek: Κυνέγειρος, romanized: Kunégeiros or Κυναίγειρος, Kunaígeiros; died 490 BC) was an ancient Greek general of Athens. His two brothers were the playwright Aeschylus and Ameinias, a hero of the battle of Salamis, while his sister was Philopatho (Φιλοπαθώ), the mother of the Athenian tragic poet Philokles. He was the son of Euphorion (Εὐφορίων) from Eleusis and member of the Eupatridae, the ancient nobility of Attica.