Dicaeus (mythology)

Son of Poseidon

In Greek mythology, Dicaeus or Dikaios (Ancient Greek: Δίκαιος) was a son of Poseidon[1] and brother was Syleus.[2] They lived near the Mountain Pelion in Thessaly.[2]

## Mythology

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Dicaeus hosted Herakles.[2] Unlike Syleus, who was killed by Herakles, Dicaeus was a just man, which was suggested by the very literal meaning of his name (Δίκαιος = Just).[2]

The Dicaea city in Thrace was named after him.[1]

## Notes

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1. ^ a b Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. D230.14
2. ^ a b c d Conon, Narrations 17

## References

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* Conon, Fifty Narrations, surviving as one-paragraph summaries in the Bibliotheca (Library) of Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople translated from the Greek by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
* Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.

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