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Caucon

Καύκων), a son of Celaenus, who was believed to have carried the orgies of the great goddess from Eleusis to Messene, where he was worshipped as a hero. His tomb was shewn in Lepreos. (Paus. 4.1.4, 27.4, 5.5.4.) One of the sons of Lycaon also bore the name of Caucon. (Apollod. 3.8.1.)

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    • Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library, 3.8.1
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 4.1.4
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 4.27.4
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 5.5.4
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