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Cycnus believed her, and putting him and
his sister in a chest he set them adrift on the sea. The chest was washed up
on the island of Leucophrys, and Tenes landed and
settled in the island, and called it Tenedos
after himself. But Cycnus afterwards learning the truth, stoned the flute-player to death
and buried his wife alive in the earth.
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Apollodorus. Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Includes Frazer's notes.
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