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Triopas became king of the Thessalians and in trying to roof his own house, tore down the old temple of Demeter. For this reason he incurred the hatred of the Thessalians and fled to Chersonesus and Caria where he founded Triopium in the territory of Cnidus. Some say that, because he had offended Demeter, hunger was brought on him and that no amount of food could satisfy him. It is say that the same happened to his son Erysichthon for having cut down a sacred oak.
Triopas and Triops. A son of Poseidon and Canace, a daughter of Aeolus, or of Helios (the Sun) and Rhodos, and the father of Iphimedia and Erysichthon. Hence his son Erysichthon is called Triopeius, and his granddaughter Mestra or Metra, the daughter of Erysichthon, Triopeis. He is said to have expelled the Pelasgians from a part of Thessaly, but was himself at last obliged to leave the country, when he went to Caria in Asia Minor and founded Cnidus, hence called Triopia. He or his son Erysichthon violated the sacred grove of Demeter, for which he was punished with endless hunger.
This text is from: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. Cited Nov 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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