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Carteron (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Carteron (Ancient Greek: Καρτέρωνα) was an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon either by the naiad Cyllene,[1] Nonacris[2] or by unknown woman.

Mythology

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Carteron and his siblings were the most nefarious and carefree of all people. To test them, Zeus visited them in the form of a peasant. These brothers mixed the entrails of a child into the god's meal, whereupon the enraged king of the gods threw the meal over the table. Carteron was killed, along with his brothers and their father, by a lightning bolt of the god.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 1.13.1
  2. ^ "Pausanias, Description of Greece, Arcadia, chapter 17, section 6". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  3. ^ "Apollodorus, Library, book 3, chapter 8, section 1". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-29.

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