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== Greek mythology == In [[Hesiod]]'s ''[[Theogony]]'',<ref>Lines 1011–1016.</ref> Latinus was the son of [[Odysseus]] and [[Circe]] who ruled the [[Tyrrhenians]] with his brothers Agrius and [[Telegonus (son of Odysseus)|Telegonus]]. According to the Byzantine author [[John the Lydian]], [[Hesiod]], in the ''[[Catalogue of Women]]'', considered Latinus to be the brother of [[Graecus]], who is described as the son of [[Zeus]] by [[Pandora (daughter of Deucalion)|Pandora]], the daughter of [[Deucalion]] and [[Pyrrha]].<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women]]'' [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/hesiod-catalogue_women/2018/pb_LCL503.43.xml fr. 2 Most, pp. 42–5] [= fr. 5 Merkelbach-West, pp. 5–6 = [[John the Lydian]], ''De Mensibus'' 1.13].</ref> In his ''Fabularum Liber'' (or ''Fabulae''), [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]] recorded the myth that Latinus was a son of [[Circe]] and [[Telemachus]] (a son of [[Odysseus]]) That relation possibly dated to the lost epic [[Telegony]] of [[Eugammon of Cyrene]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title= Telegonus|encyclopedia= Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite|year= 2014|publisher= Encyclopædia Britannica|location= Chicago}}</ref> He was also depicted as the son of [[Odysseus]] and [[Calypso (mythology)|Calypso]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022:text=Epitome:book=E:chapter=7:section=24 E.7.24].</ref>
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