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Eetion
(371 words)

(Ἠετίων; Ēetíon, linguistically probably not of Greek origin [1]).

Name, especially of foreign heroes.

[German version]

[1] King of the Cilicians in Mysian Thebe

King of the Cilicians in Mysian Thebe (Hom. Il. 1,366). His daughter  Andromache told her husband Hector how Achilles killed he…

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Bloch, René (Berne) and Neudecker, Richard (Rome), “Eetion”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e326410>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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