Miletus

Family: mortals · Role: founder of a city · First appears: Fable 81

Life events

Miletus flees his homeland and builds a city in Asia.(Fable81 · 📍 Asia)
- “Of thy own accord, Miletus, thou didst fly, and in the swift ship thou didst pass over the Ægean waters, and in the land of Asia didst build a city, bearing the name of its founder.”

parent: Deione “Miletus, the son of Deione”
parent: Apollo “exulting in the strength of youth, and in Phœbus as his sire”
child: Byblis “the daughter of Miletus, in her sadness, was bereft of all understanding”
child: Caunus (Miletus is the person addressed as 'thee'.) “while she was following the windings of her father’s bank, of a body excelling in beauty, being known by thee, brought forth a double offspring, Byblis, with Caunus, {her brother}.”
rivals with Minos “Then, {however}, he was enfeebled by age, and was alarmed by Miletus, the son of Deione,[47] exulting in the strength of youth, and in Phœbus as his sire; and {though} believing that he was aiming at his kingdom, still he did not dare to drive him away from his native home.”

Extracted from the original text of The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Made with Rho MD.