- Information
- city on the island of Cos
- In
- 🌍 Cos (island)
- Settled by
👥 the Dorians of the Peloponnese post-Heraclid Return
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)
- Settled from
🌍 Megara (Argolid) city on the Attica-Argolid border
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)
- Ruled by
👤 Merops (Coan) king of Cos
Homeric Hymn 3 to ApolloGreekEarly Archaic (ca. 700-620 BCE)Middle Archaic (ca. 620-560 BCE)Late Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)Homeric Hymn
- Conquered by
👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero
D-Scholia, IliadMythography & HistoriographyD-ScholiaGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Late Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)
- Destroyed by
👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero
D-Scholia, IliadMythography & HistoriographyD-ScholiaGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Late Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)
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- Mentioned by
- 📖 Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 25-49 📖 Homer, Iliad 2.676-2.680 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.590 📖 Strabo 14.2.6-14.2.11 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.350-7.403
- Mentioned in Text
- Homer, Iliad Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo Strabo D-Scholia, Iliad Ovid, Metamorphoses