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These were the earlier contrivances of Nauplius; but
afterwards, when he learned that the Greeks were on their way home to their native
countries, he kindled the beacon fire on Mount Caphereus, which is now called Xylophagus;
and there the Greeks, standing in shore in the belief that it was a harbor, were cast
away.
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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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