Adanos

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Adanos ( ancient Greek Ἄδανος ) is the eponymous founder of the Cilician city ​​of Adana in Greek mythology . His myth is only attested by the late antique grammarian Stephanos of Byzantium .

Adanos is the son of Uranos and Gaia and the brother of Ostakos , Sandes , Kronos , Iapetos , Olympos and Rhea . He fights against the inhabitants of Tarsos , but since he was not lucky in the fight, he founds the city of Adana with Saros , the river god of today's Seyhan River .

According to his ancestry, Adanos is one of the titans , with most of the names of his siblings based on the titan names in Homer and not on the more common names from the theogony of Hesiod .

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  1. Stephanos of Byzantium sv Ἄδανα