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DYSPONTION (Ancient city) PYRGOS
Son of Oenomaus, founder of Dyspontium.
Dysponteus or Dysponteus (Dusponteus or Duspontios), according to Pausanias (vi. 22.6), a son of Oenomaus, but according to Stephanus of Byzantium (s. v. Duspontion), a son of Pelops, was believed to be the founder of the town of Dyspontium, in Pisatis.
LETRINI (Ancient city) PYRGOS
Son of Pelops, founds Letrini. (Paus. 6.22.8)
Alphaea, Alpheaea, or Aalpeiusa (Alphaia, Alpheaia, or Alpheiousa, a surname of
Artemis, which she derived from the river god Alpheius, who loved her, and under
which she was worshipped at Letrini in Elis (Paus. vi. 22.5; Strab. viii.), and
in Ortygia. (Schol. ad Pind. Pyth. ii. 12, Nem. i. 3).
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