Arcadian local hero, son of Aleus [1], the founder of Tegea, and of Neaera, founding hero of the city of Caphyae (whose name is derived from C.). His daughter Antinoe founded Mantinea. C. later takes over the rulership of Tegea from his father. When Hercules, after the conquest of the Neleid kingdom, sets off on a punitive expedition against the Spartan king Hippocoon, he invites C. and his twenty sons to take part; al…
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Visser, Edzard (Basle),
“Cepheus”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
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