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Molurus

In Greek mythology, Molurus was the son of Arisbas. In a surviving fragment of the poem Megalai Ehoiai, Molurus was killed by Hyettus of Argos when Hyettus caught him with his wife.

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In Greek mythology, Molurus (Ancient Greek: Μόλουρος Molouros) was the son of Arisbas. In a surviving fragment of the poem Megalai Ehoiai, Molurus was killed by Hyettus of Argos when Hyettus caught him with his wife.¹

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Pausanias Description of Greece 9.36.6, 9.36.7

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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.