Herodotus' Histories

Caineus

Family: Lapith · Role: ancestor named in Aëtion's descent · First appears: Book 5 · §87–92

Book 5 · §87–92

  • with Aëtion (Aëtion is described as being of the race of Caineus.) “This daughter, since none of the Bacchiadai wished to marry her, was taken to wife by Aëtion the son of Echecrates, who was of the deme of Petra, but by original descent a Lapith and of the race of Caineus.”

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