Leukadios

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Leukadios ( Greek  Λευκάδιος ) is the eponymous hero of the Akarnan city ​​of Leukadia in Greek mythology .

He is a son of the Akarnan king Ikarios and the Polycaste and the brother of Penelope and Alyzeus . After the death of his father, he and his brother rule Akarnania.

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Remarks

  1. Alkmaionis at Strabon 10, 452. In: Karl Müller , Theodor Müller , Victor Langlois (eds.): Fragmenta historicorum graecorum , Volume 1. 1841. P. 248.
  2. Ephoros of Kyme in Strabo 10, 452; 461.
  3. Eustathios of Thessalonike 1964, 52.