Editing Crinacus

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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Crinacus''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Κρινάκου) or '''Crineus''' was the second king of [[Olenus (Achaea)|Olenus]] in [[Achaea]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} after succeeding the eponymous [[Olenus]], son of [[Zeus]]. He was another bastard son of Zeus as well, and the father of [[Macar]] who became the king of [[Lesbos]].<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/5D*.html#81.4 5.81.4]</ref> In some accounts, Crinacus' father was called [[Hyrieus]], eponymous king of [[Hyria (Boeotia)|Hyria]] in [[Boeotia]].<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 24.544</ref>

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== References ==

*[[Diodorus Siculus]], ''The Library of History'' translated by [[Charles Henry Oldfather]]. Twelve volumes. [[Loeb Classical Library]]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59&ndash;8. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
*Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2''. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]

[[Category:Children of Zeus]]


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