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Ephesus (Ephesos)
Ephesus (Ephesos), a son of the river-god Caystrus, who was said, conjointly with Cresus, to have built the temple of Artemis at Ephesus, and to have called the town after himself. (Paus. vii. 2.4)
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Amazon Ephesus
And there are certain cities, it is said, which got their names from the Amazons, I mean Ephesus, Smyrna, Cyme, and Myrina.
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Caystrius, the river Caystrus named after him
Caystrius (Kaustrios), a son of Achilles and the Amazon Penthesileia, from whom the river Caystrus was believed to have derived its name. Caystrius, together with Asius, had a heroum on the banks of that river. (Strab. xiv.; Serv. ad Aen. xi. 661)
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Coresus
An aboriginal, founds sanctuary of Artemis at Ephesus.
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