Son of Hermes and Chione (or Philonis, who also bore the singer Philammon to Apollo, Hes. fr. 64,14). He was included in various mythical family circles, as the father of Odysseus' mother Anticlea (Hom. Od. 11,85), of Jason's mother Polymede (Apollod. 1,107) and of Aesimus, the father of Sinon. He gives the newborn Odysseus his name, and it is whilst hunting with his sons on Mount Parn…
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