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Alcyonids

KASSANDRA (Peninsula) HALKIDIKI
Daughters of the Giant Alcyoneus

Perseus Encyclopedia
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Brangas

OLYNTHOS (Ancient city) HALKIDIKI
Brangas, a son of the Thracian king Strymon, and brother of Rhessus and Olynthus. When the last of these three brothers had been killed during the chase by a lion, Brangas buried him on the spot where he had fallen, and called the town which he subsequently built there Olynthus. (Conon, Narrat. 4; Steph. Byz. s. v. Olunthos; Athen. viii., who calls Olynthus a son of Heracles)

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Aethilla

SKIONI (Ancient city) HALKIDIKI
Aethilla (Aithilla or Aithulla), a daughter of Laonmedon and sister of Priam, Astyoche, and Medesicaste. After the fall of Troy she became the prisoner of Protesilaus, who took her, together with other captives, with him on his voyage home. He landed at Scione in Thrace in order to take in fresh water, While Protesilaus had gone inland, Aethilla persuaded her fellow-prisoners to set fire to the ships. This was done and all remained on the spot and founded the town of Scione. (Tzetz. ad Lycophr. 921, 1075; Conon, Narrat. 13; compare P. Mela, ii. 2.150; Steph. Byz. s. v. Skione.)

This text is from: A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, 1873 (ed. William Smith). Cited Sep 2005 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks

A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith)
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Zeus Athoeus

AGION OROS (Mountain) HALKIDIKI
Athoeus (Athoos), a surname of Zeus, derived from mount Athos, on which the god had a temple. (Hesych. s. v.; Aeschyl. Agam. 270.)

A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith)
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Proteus

TORONI (Ancient city) HALKIDIKI

Perseus: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)
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Theoi Project, a guide to Greek Goods, Spirits & Monsters
• http://www.theoi.com/Kronos/Proteus.html

Pallene & Cleitus

KASSANDRA (Peninsula) HALKIDIKI
Daughter of Sithon and Anchiroe.

Cleitus, the beloved friend of Pallene, who fought with his rival Dryas for the possession of Pallene, and conquered him by the assistance of the maiden. Sithon, the father of Pallene, wanted to punish his daughter, but she was rescued from his hands by Aphrodite, and after Sithon's death she married Cleitus, and the country of Pallene derived its name from her. (Conon, Narrat. 10; Parthen. Erot. 6.)

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Cleitus

SITHONIA (Ancient area) HALKIDIKI
Cleitus, king of the Sithones in Thrace, who gave his daughter Chrysonoe or Torone in marriage to Proteus, who had come to Thrace from Egypt. (Conon, Narrat. 32.)

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