InGreek mythology,Kalydnos (Ancient Greek: Κάλυδνος, Latinized asCalydnus) was a son ofUranus and the first king ofThebes, after whom the city was thought to have been called Calydna.[1] He was believed to have built the first fortifications of the city, which was why Thebes were sometimes referred to as the "citadel of Calydnus". Calydnus was succeeded byOgygus.[2][3]
A certain Calydnus was also the mythicaleponym of the island Calydna nearTroy.[4]
^Hornblower, Simon (2015).Lykophron, Alexandra: Greek Text, Translation, Commentary, and Introduction. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 433.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
^Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v.Kalydna; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 25
Hornblower, Simon,Lykophron, Alexandra: Greek Text, Translation, Commentary, and Introduction. Oxford University Press. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom. 2015.ISBN978-0-19-957670-8,978-0-19-881064-3
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.
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