Aoös (Greek Mythology)

Aoös (Greek Αώος, pronounced aO-os) was another name for god Adonis and also the mythic son of Eos and Cephalus who became the first king of Cyprus.^[1]^[2] Aoös' name was given to a river and a mountain (Aoön) of Cyprus. According to mythology his brother was Paphos, the founder of the Cypriot city with the same name.^[3]

In modern Greek it is the name of a river (see Aoos, called Vjosa in its Albanian part).

References

↑ Boedeker, D.D. (1974). Aphrodite's Entry Into Greek Epic. Brill. p. 67. ISBN 9789004039469. https://books.google.com/books?id=irYfAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA67. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
↑ Epaphroditus (of Chaeronea). Sammlung. Peter Lang, 2007. pp. 373, 374.
↑ "H Κύπρος" (The Cyprus), paragraph "Η Πάφος του μύθου και του ονείρου" (Paphos of myth and dream), in Greek.

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[google-1] Boedeker, D.D. (1974). Aphrodite's Entry Into Greek Epic. Brill. p. 67. ISBN 9789004039469. https://books.google.com/books?id=irYfAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA67. Retrieved 2021-11-21.

[2] Epaphroditus (of Chaeronea). Sammlung. Peter Lang, 2007. pp. 373, 374.

[3] "H Κύπρος" (The Cyprus), paragraph "Η Πάφος του μύθου και του ονείρου" (Paphos of myth and dream), in Greek.