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895:Linus Beach
754:by Heracles
195:Apollodorus
138:Terpsichore
136:, (6) Muse
116:, (2) Muse
65:440/35 BC.
1650:Categories
1502:Theocritus
1449:, 9.29.7
1336:Prologue 4
1311:Eustathius
1309:, 9.29.3;
1225:Prologue 4
1166:2017-05-24
1028:Prologue 4
921:, 41.376;
906:References
899:Antarctica
838:Hyacinthus
815:Hephaestus
780:Amphitryon
654:writings.
122:Amphimarus
1573:Euripides
1560:Sophocles
1552:Agamemnon
1547:Aeschylus
1482:Athenaeus
1447:Pausanias
1422:Athenaeus
1411:Chiliades
1383:10.11.2;
1307:Pausanias
1291:Hyginus,
1241:Chronicon
1146:18.570-72
1069:Chiliades
1053:Lycophron
933:Pausanias
842:Narcissus
807:Pausanias
787:Athenaeus
731:by Apollo
718:, son of
687:Phoenicia
665:Mythology
615:Biography
581:Offspring
378:Ismenius
205:Pausanias
154:Chalciope
124:, son of
1377:Eusebius
1368:Suidas,
935:, 9.29.6
931:18.541;
889:Namesake
819:Achilles
772:Heracles
760:Thamyris
708:Thamyras
652:Pelasgic
648:Dionysus
621:threnody
552:Orpheus
463:Aethuse
210:Diogenes
179:Sources
172:Relation
130:Ismenius
126:Poseidon
106:Calliope
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1633:"Linus"
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1612:Sources
1584:Orestes
1527:scholia
1500:&
1342:, s.v.
1293:Fabulae
1142:Homer,
1065:Tzetzes
1049:Tzetzes
1034:, s.v.
995:Fabulae
991:Hyginus
981:, fr. 1
969:, 1.3.2
952:, s.v.
854:Maneros
846:Glaucus
764:Musaeus
716:Acastus
712:Hyginus
703:Marsyas
585:Pierus
548:Sibling
519:Pierus
265:Urania
232:Parents
225:Contest
220:Tzetzes
200:Hyginus
158:Orpheus
150:Aethusa
110:Oeagrus
45:on the
43:Musaeus
1596:Phot.
1507:24.103
1498:3.67.1
1400:Aelian
1385:Tatian
1340:Suidas
1281:3.67.6
1257:3.67.1
1236:Jerome
1206:7.56.5
1187:3.67.4
1102:1, 314
1083:, s.v.
1032:Suidas
979:Hesiod
950:Suidas
919:Nonnus
866:Sappho
850:Adonis
795:Alexis
768:Thebes
720:Pelias
675:Thebes
671:Cadmus
637:Hesiod
190:Hesiod
176:Names
146:Magnes
134:Hermes
118:Urania
114:Apollo
97:Family
71:Louvre
1604:p. 99
1522:Iliad
1517:Homer
1488:4.164
1426:4.164
1372:Linus
1370:s.v.
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955:Linus
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51:of a
48:tondo
1598:Lex.
1587:1380
1565:Ajax
1407:3.32
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144:and
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108:and
103:Muse
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