Κύζικος
human_specialist earth Greek single tradition · 1
Κύζικος is the king of the Doliones who hospitably receives the Argonauts, but later, after a storm, his people mistake them for enemies and kill him.
When
- First attested
- 500 BCE
- Attested period
- -500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- His death is recorded by Herodotus as part of the Argonaut narrative.
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Source passages
“by whose king, Cyzicus, they were hospitably received. After their departure, being driven back to the same place by a storm, they were attacked by the Doliones, who did not recognize them, and in a battle which took place Cyzicus was killed by Jason.”
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