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Neonus

In Greek mythology, Neonus was a Phthian prince as the son of King Hellen of Thessaly, the son of Deucalion, the Hellenic progenitor. His mother was possibly the nymph Orseis (Othreis), and thus he was probably the brother to Aeolus, Dorus, Xuthus and Xenopatra. Neonus was the father of Dotus, eponym of Dotium in Thessaly.

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In Greek mythology, Neonus (Ancient Greek: Νεώνου) was a Phthian prince as the son of King Hellen of Thessaly, the son of Deucalion, the Hellenic progenitor.¹ His mother was possibly the nymph Orseis (Othreis²), and thus he was probably the brother to Aeolus, Dorus, Xuthus and Xenopatra.³ Neonus was the father of Dotus, eponym of Dotium in Thessaly.¹

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Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Dotion (pp. 118, 119) [= FGrHist 604 F3].
West 1985, p. 57.
Fowler 2013, p. 142; Scholia on Plato's Symposium 208d (Cufalo, pp. 108–10) [= FGrHist 4 F125 = Hellanicus fr. 125 Fowler, pp. 200–1 = FGrHist 323a F23].

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Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnica: Volumen II Delta - Iota, edited by Margarethe Billerbeck and Christian Zubler, De Gruyter, 2011. ISBN 978-3-110-20346-2. Online version at De Gruyter. Internet Archive. Google Books.