W. Walter Merry, James Riddell, D. B. Monro, Commentary on the Odyssey (1886), Book 3 (γ）, line 366

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[366] Καύκωνες. These were a Pelasgian stock, occupying the ground between the borders of Arcadia and the western coast of Elis. Strabo divides them into two principal tribes, one living in Triphylia and one in “Κοίλη Ἦλις”. Herodotus (1. 147) speaks of Pylian Caucones, which must refer to the Triphylian branch. These must be distinguished from the Caucones in Paphlagonia, who were in alliance with the Trojans, Il.10. 429.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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