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Phylacides

In Greek mythology, Phylacides or Phylakides was the son of the nymph Acacallis and Apollo, and the brother of Philander. Their mother mated with the god in the house of Carmanor in the city of Tarrha. According to the Elyrians, Phylacides and Philander were suckled by a goat.

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In Greek mythology, Phylacides or Phylakides (Ancient Greek: Φυλακίδῃ means 'son of Phylacus') was the son of the nymph Acacallis and Apollo, and the brother of Philander. Their mother mated with the god in the house of Carmanor in the city of Tarrha. According to the Elyrians, Phylacides and Philander were suckled by a goat.¹²

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Pausanias, 10.16.5
"Pausanias, Description of Greece, Phocis and Ozolian Locri, chapter 16". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2021-10-20.

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Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.