Editing Dascylus

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Dascylus''' or '''Daskylos''' ({{langx|grc|Δάσκυλος}}) is a name that may refer to:

*Dascylus, a king who ruled over [[Mysia]] or [[Mariandyni|Mariandyne]]. He is presumably the [[eponym]] of the coastal city of Dascylaeum or Dascylium (but see below).  The wife of Dascylus was [[Anthemoeisia]], daughter of the river god [[Lycus (mythology)|Lycus]],<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Apollonius Rhodius]], 2.724</ref> and he was the father of sons named [[Lycus (mythology)|Lycus]], [[Priolas]], and [[Otreus]].  Dascylus' own father was the infamous [[Tantalus]].<ref>Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 2.752</ref><ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 2.5.9</ref>  Priolas and Otreus were both killed by [[Amykos|Amycus]], king of Bebrycia ([[Bithynia]]); Otreus was killed while travelling to [[Troy]] to sue for the hand of King [[Laomedon]]'s daughter [[Hesione]] in marriage.<ref>Apollonius Rhodius, 2.778</ref><ref>[[Gaius Valerius Flaccus|Valerius Flaccus]], 4.162</ref>  Both sons have names connected with local settlements: Priola, near [[Heraclea Pontica|Heraclea]], and Otrea, on the [[Ascanian Lake]].
*Dascylus, a son of Lycus, and grandson of the above Dascylus. He acted as a guide to the [[Argonauts]].<ref>Apollonius Rhodius, 2.802 ff.</ref>
*Dascylus of [[Lydia]] (fl. late 8th to early 7th century BC), named by [[Herodotus]] as the father of [[Gyges of Lydia|Gyges]].<ref name="H44">{{harvnb|Herodotus|1975|p=44}}</ref>
*Dascylus, father of Nacolus. His son was the [[eponym]] of the city of Nacoleia in [[Phrygia]].<ref>[[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. ''Nakoleia''</ref>
*Dascylus, son of Periaudes, eponym of [[Dascylium (Caria)|Dascylium]], a town in [[Caria]].<ref>Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. ''Daskylion''</ref>

==Notes==
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== References ==

* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]], ''[[Argonautica]]'' translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. [https://topostext.org/work/126 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica''. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0227 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Valerius Flaccus (poet)|Gaius Valerius Flaccus]], ''Argonautica'' translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/ValeriusFlaccus1.html Online version at theio.com.]
* Gaius Valerius Flaccus, ''Argonauticon.'' Otto Kramer. Leipzig. Teubner. 1913. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2007.01.0058 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* {{cite book | last=Herodotus | author-link=Herodotus | title=The Histories | editor1-last=Burn | editor1-first=A. R. | editor2-last=de Sélincourt | editor2-first=Aubrey | publisher=Penguin Books | location=London | year=1975 | orig-year=first published 1954 | isbn=0-14-051260-8}}
* [[Herodotus]], ''[[Histories (Herodotus)|The Histories]]'' with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|0-674-99133-8}}. [https://topostext.org/work/22 Online version at the Topos Text Project.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0125 Greek text available at Perseus Digital Library].

*[[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. [https://topostext.org/work/241 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
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