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Brentus

VRENDESION (Ancient city) PUGLIA
Brentus, (Brentos), a son of Heracles, who was regarded as the founder of the town of Brentesium or Brundusium, on the Adriatic. (Steph. Byz. s. v. Brentesion.)

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

ARPINA (Ancient city) LAZIO

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

BRINDISI (Port) ITALY

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

KANISION (Ancient city) PUGLIA

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Diomedes or Elpias of Rhodes

SALAPIA (Ancient city) PUGLIA
According to legend, it was founded by Diomedes or by Elpias of Rhodes. Others attribute Trojan origins to the city. (The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites)

Perseus: The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1976)
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A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith)
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Philoctetes

THOURII (Ancient city) PUGLIA
Philoctetes was driven to Campania in Italy, and after making war on the Lucanians, he settled in Crimissa, near Croton and Thurium ; and, his wanderings over, he founded a sanctuary of Apollo the Wanderer (Alaios ), to whom also he dedicated his bow, as Euphorion says.

Perseus: Apollodorus, Library and Epitome (ed. Sir James George Frazer, 1921)
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Minerva Achaea

LUCERIA (Ancient city) PUGLIA
Achaea. A surname of Minerva worshipped at Luceria in Apulia where the donaria and the arms of Diomedes were preserved in her temple. (Aristot. Mirab. Narrat. 17.)

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

TARANTO (Ancient city) PUGLIA
Son of Poseidon, his statue at Delphi.

Perseus Encyclopedia
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Daunus

PUGLIA (Region) ITALY
Daunus. A king of Apulia. He had been obliged to flee from Illyria, his native land, into Apulia, and gave his name to a portion of his new country. (Daunia.) He is said to have hospitably received Diomedes, and to have given him his daughter Euippe in marriage. (Fest. s.v.; Plin. H. N. iii. 11)

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Diomidis

IPPION ARGOS (Ancient city) PUGLIA

Daunus

PUGLIA (Region) ITALY
Daunus (Daunos or Daunios), a son of Lycaon in Arcadia, and brother of Iapyx and Peucetius. These three brothers, in conjunction with Illyrians and Messapians, landed on the eastern coast of Italy, expelled the Ausonians, took possession of the country, and divided it into three parts, Daunia, Peucetia, and Messapia. The three tribes together bore the common name Iapygians. (Anton. Lib. 31.)

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Phalanthus

SATYRION (Ancient city) PUGLIA
A Spartan, leads Lacedaemonian colony to Tarentum, oracle given to him and its fulfilment, shipwrecked and brought to land by dolphin, his statue at Delphi.

Perseus Encyclopedia
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