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Panta'leon

Πανταλέων), historical.

1. A son of Alyattes, king of Lydia, by an Ionian woman. His claim to the throne in preference to his brother Croesus was put forward by his partisans during the lifetime of Alyattes, but that monarch decided in favour of Croesus. (Hdt. 1.92.)

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    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.92
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