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In Greek mythology Elephenor was the son of Chalcodon and king of the Abantes of Euboea. He received the sons of Theseus of Athens, Acamas and Demophon, when they fled the usurper Menestheus. He was the leader of the Euboean force of forty ships which joined the Greek expedition to Troy, but on the day the truce was broken by Pandarus, was killed by Agenor whilst trying to drag off the body of Echepolus. On their way home, Elephonor's men were driven off course and shipwrecked off the coast of Epirus, where they founded the city of Apollonia. The bust of Zeus found at Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican) Greek mythology is the telling of stories created by the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the general, on the ancient Greek civilization. ...
In Greek mythology, Chalcodon was the son of Abas and the king of the Abantes. ...
Euboea or Negropont (Modern Greek: ÎÏβοια Evia, Ancient Greek Îúβοια Eúboia; see also List of traditional Greek place names), is the largest island of the Greek archipelago. ...
Theseus (Greek ) was a legendary king of Athens, son of Aethra, and fathered by Aegeus and Poseidon, with whom Aethra lay in one night. ...
Athens (Greek: Îθήνα - AthÃna) is the largest city and capital of Greece, located in the Attica prefecture of Southern Greece. ...
In Greek mythology, Acamas (unwearying) was the son of Phaedra and Theseus. ...
In Greek mythology, Demophon referred to two different kings: one of Eleusis and the other, Athens Demophon was a son of King Celeus and Queen Metanira. ...
Menestheus, the son of Peteus, son of Orneus, son of Erechtheus, was a legendary King of Athens during the Trojan War. ...
Troy or Ilion, see Troy (disambiguation) and Ilion (disambiguation). ...
In Homers Iliad, Pandarus or Pandaros is the son of Lycaon and a famous archer. ...
In history and Greek mythology, Agenor (which means very manly) was a king of Tyre. ...
Epirus (Greek ÎÏειÏοÏ, Ãpeiros; see also List of traditional Greek place names), is a province or periphery in northwestern Greece, bounded by West Macedonia and Thessaly to the east, by the province of Sterea Ellada (Central Greece) to the south, the Ionian Sea and the Ionian Islands to the west and...
There have been several places called Apollonia: An ancient Greek city in Illyria near to the sea and the river Vjosa, 12 km from Fier, Albania. ...
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