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In Greek mythology, Cercaphus (Ancient Greek: Κέρκαφος) may refer to the following figures:

  • Cercaphus, one of the Heliadae.[1]
  • Cercaphus, son of Aeolus and father of Ormenus, the eponymous founder of Ormenium in Thessaly.[2]
  • Cercaphus, father of Maeander by Anaxibia.[3]
  • Cercaphus, descendant of Helios (Sun) and brother of Alpheus. While contending about the kingdom, Cercaphus was slain by his brother who was then pursued by the Furies and later on, flung himself to the river Nyctimus in Arcadia which bore his name thereafter.[4]
  1. ^ Diodorus Siculus, 5.56.5 & 5.57.7–8
  2. ^ Strabo, 9.5.18
  3. ^ Pseudo-Plutarch, De fluviis 9
  4. ^ Pseudo-Plutarch, De fluviis 19

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Cercaphus

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Greek mythology, Cercaphus (Ancient Greek: Κέρκαφος) may refer to the following figures: Cercaphus, one of the Heliadae. Cercaphus, son of Aeolus and...

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Rhodos

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the sons, but according to Diodorus Siculus, the Heliadae were Ochimus, Cercaphus, Actis, Macar (i.e. Macareus), Candalus, Triopas, and Tenages. Diodorus...

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Cydippe

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paternal uncle, Cercaphus, who inherited the island. According to an alternate version, Ochimus engaged Cydippe to Ocridion but Cercaphus loved her and...

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Ochimus

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brother, Cercaphus, who succeeded to the throne of Rhodes. According to an alternate version, Ochimus engaged Cydippe to Ocridion but Cercaphus loved her...

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Heliadae

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seized control over the island; Cercaphus married Ochimus' daughter and succeeded to the power. The three sons of Cercaphus, Lindus, Ialysus and Camirus...

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Hegetoria

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brother, Cercaphus, successor to his brother's throne. According to an alternate version, Ochimus engaged Cydippe to Ocridion but Cercaphus loved her...

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Ocridion

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engaged to Cydippe, daughter of Ochimus. She was kidnapped by her uncle, Cercaphus. Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae 27 Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, Moralia...

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Helios

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the Rhodian tradition by whom he had seven sons, the Heliadae (Ochimus, Cercaphus, Macar, Actis, Tenages, Triopas, Candalus, and the girl Electryone), the...

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Danaus

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names in the island of Rhodes, Ialysos, Kamiros and Lindos (but see also Cercaphus). According to Rhodian mythographers who informed Diodorus Siculus, Danaus...

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Anaxibia

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Artemis's sanctuary on Mount Koryphe. Anaxibia, mother of Maeander by Cercaphus. Anaxibia, daughter of Bias and Iphianassa, and niece of Melampus. She...

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Ormenus

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one of the Telchines. Ormenus, king of Ormenion in Thessaly and son of Cercaphus. He was the father of Amyntor and Euaemon. Ormenus, one of the warriors...

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Stymphalus

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river to escape prosecution by the Erinyes over the murder of his brother Cercaphus. Apollodorus, 3.8.1; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 481 Dionysius of Halicarnassus...

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Lysippe

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for Cydippe, daughter of King Ormenus of Rhodes and wife of her uncle Cercaphus. Lysippe, the daughter of Proetus and Stheneboea. Along with her sisters...

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