InGreek mythology,Cameirus (Ancient Greek: Κάμειρον) was the eponymous founder ofCamirus inRhodes.[1] He was the son of the Rhodian king,Cercaphus, one of theHeliades, and his nieceCydippe, daughter ofOchimus,[2] also a former king. He had two brothers,Lindus andIalysus who was the eldest.
Cameirus and his brothers succeeded to the throne after their father's death. During their time, the great deluge came in which their mother, who was now named as Cyrbê, was buried beneath the flood and laid waste. Later on, they parted the land among themselves, and each of them founded a city which bore his name.[3]
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- Diodorus Siculus,Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pindar,Odes translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pindar,The Odes of Pindar including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Strabo,The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Strabo,Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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