Kaunos (mythology)

Kaunos, pursued by Byblis

Kaunos ( ancient Greek Καῦνος Kaúnos , Latin Caunus ) is a figure from Greek mythology .

He was the son of Miletus and twin brother of the Byblis . She fell in love with Kaunos, he fled and she pursued him through almost all of Greece and Asia Minor , until she finally turned into a source , exhausted and sad (Ovid, Metamorphosen , 9, 453 ff.). The city of Kaunos is named after him.

literature

• Christine Walde : Kaunos 1. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 6, Metzler, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-476-01476-2 , Sp. 364.