Editing Caunos (mythology) (section)

== Mythology ==
Caunus became the object of his own sister's passionate love. From some accounts it appears that Caunus was the first to develop the affection towards her;<ref>[[Conon (mythographer)|Conon]], [https://topostext.org/work/489#2 2]; [[Scholia]] on [[Theocritus]], ''Idyll'' 7.115</ref> others describe Byblis' feelings as unrequited.<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 446–665</ref><ref>[[Antoninus Liberalis]], [https://topostext.org/work/216#30 30]</ref><ref name=":0" /> All sources agree, however, that Caunus chose to flee from home in order to prevent himself from actually committing incest with Byblis, and that she followed him until she was completely exhausted by grief and died (or committed suicide).

Caunus eventually came to [[Lycia]], where he married the [[Naiad]] [[Pronoe]] and had by her a son [[Aegialus (mythology)|Aegialus]]. Caunus became king of the land; when he died, Aegialus gathered all the people from scattered settlements in a newly founded city which he named [[Caunus]] after his father.<ref name="Conon">Conon, [https://topostext.org/work/489#2 2]</ref>