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Myrtilus

Death of Myrtilus depicted on a cinerary urn

In Greek mythology, Myrtilus (Ancient Greek: Μυρτίλος) was a divine hero and son of Hermes. His mother is said variously to be the Amazon Myrto;[1] Phaethusa, daughter of Danaus;[2] or a nymph[3] or mortal woman named Clytie,[4] Clymene or Cleobule[5][AI-generated source?] (Theobule[6]). Myrtilus was the charioteer of King Oenomaus of Pisa in Elis, on the northwest coast of the Peloponnesus.

  1. ^ Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.752
  2. ^ Pherecydes, fr. 37a
  3. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8.14.10
  4. ^ Hyginus, De astronomia 2.13.4
  5. ^ Scholia ad Euripides, Orestes 990; Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 157
  6. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 224

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