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Cyrnus

*Ku/rnos), two mythical personages, from the one of whom the island of Cyrnus or Cyrne (Corsica) derived its name (Serv. ad Virg. Eclog. 9.30; Hdt. 1.167), and the other was regarded as the founder of Cyrnus, a town in Caria. (Diod. 5.60.)

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    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.167
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 5.60
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