After Olynthus was killed during the chase by a lion, his brother Brangas buried him on the spot where he had fallen, and called the town which he subsequently built there Olynthus.
Athenaeus of Naucratis, The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1854. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Athenaeus of Naucratis, Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Conon, Fifty Narrations, surviving as one-paragraph summaries in the Bibliotheca (Library) of Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople translated from the Greek by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
olynthus, mythology, greek, mythology, olynthus, ancient, greek, Ὄλυνθος, heracles, bolbe, from, whom, ancient, city, olynthus, river, olynthus, near, apollonia, were, believed, have, received, their, name, according, athenaeus, according, conon, stephanus, by. In Greek mythology Olynthus Ancient Greek Ὄlyn8os was a son of Heracles and Bolbe from whom the ancient city of Olynthus and the river Olynthus near Apollonia were believed to have received their name according to Athenaeus 1 According to Conon 2 and Stephanus of Byzantium 3 Olynthus was son of king Strymon and brother of Brangas and Rhesus 2 Mythology EditAfter Olynthus was killed during the chase by a lion his brother Brangas buried him on the spot where he had fallen and called the town which he subsequently built there Olynthus Notes Edit Athenaeus Deipnosophistae 8 p 334 a b Conon Narrations 4 Stephanus of Byzantium s v OlynthusReferences EditAthenaeus of Naucratis The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned London Henry G Bohn York Street Covent Garden 1854 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library Athenaeus of Naucratis Deipnosophistae Kaibel In Aedibus B G Teubneri Lipsiae 1887 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library Conon Fifty Narrations surviving as one paragraph summaries in the Bibliotheca Library of Photius Patriarch of Constantinople translated from the Greek by Brady Kiesling Online version at the Topos Text Project Stephanus of Byzantium Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt edited by August Meineike 1790 1870 published 1849 A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling Online version at the Topos Text Project This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Smith William ed 1870 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology a href Template Cite encyclopedia html title Template Cite encyclopedia cite encyclopedia a Missing or empty title help This article relating to Greek mythology is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Olynthus mythology amp oldid 1129793563, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
