King Cydon of Crete

King Cydon of Crete, son of Hermes or Apollo and of Akakallis, the daughter of King Minos. According to Pausanias, son of king Tegeates. Founder of Kydonia or Cydonia, Crete. With vine leaves of Bacchus in his hair. Cydon. Copperplate engraving by Pieter Bodart (1676-1712) from Henricus Spoor's Deorum et Heroum, Virorum et Mulierum Illustrium Imagines Antiquae Illustatae, Gods and Heroes, Men and Women, Illustrated with Antique Images, Petrum, Amsterdam, 1715. First published as FavissE utriusque antiquitatis tam RomanE quam GrEcE in 1707. Henricus Spoor was a Dutch physician, classical scholar, poet and writer, fl. 1694-1716

18th Century Antique Images Bacchus Crete Cydonia Deorum Et Heroum Gods And Heroes Greek Myth Henricus Spoor Hermes Medallion Men And Women Pausanias Pieter Bodart Roman Myth Vine Leaves

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