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[edit]
- ^ Boedeker, D.D. (1974). Aphrodite's Entry Into Greek Epic. Brill. p. 67. ISBN 9789004039469. 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.