Cephalus orKephalos (/ˈsɛfələs/;Ancient Greek:Κέφαλος) is the son of Hermes,^[1] husband of Eos^[2] and a hero-figure inGreek mythology. Cephalus carried as atheophoric name by historical persons. The root of this name isκεφαλ, meaning "head".^[3]

• Cephalus, son ofHermes andHerse.^[4]
• Cephalus, son ofDeion/Deioneos, husband ofProcris.^[5]

• Cephalus, son of Lysanias fromSyracuse (5th century BCE), a wealthymetic and elderly arms manufacturer living inAthens who engages in dialogue withSocrates inPlato'sRepublic. He was the father of oratorLysias, philosopherPolemarchus and Euthydemus.
• Cephalus, Athenian orator who flourished after the time of theThirty Tyrants.
• Cephalus, aMolossian who sided withPerseus in theThird Macedonian War.^[6]

• List of commonly used taxonomic affixes

• Gaius Julius Hyginus,Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Pseudo-Apollodorus,The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.ISBN 0-674-99135-4.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website.

• Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and MythologyCephalus^[usurped]

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