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, Autoleon ( grc, Αὐτολέων) was a hero of
Croton in southern Italy, of which the following story is told.
Pausanias relates precisely the same story of one Leonymus ( grc, Λεώνυμος).
It was customary with the
Opuntian Locrians, whenever they drew up their army in battle array, to leave one place in the lines open for their national hero
Ajax. Once in a battle between the Locrians and Crotonians in Italy, Autoleon wanted to penetrate into this vacant place, hoping thus to conquer the Locrians. But the
shade of Ajax appeared and inflicted on Autoleon a wound from which he suffered severely. The oracle advised him to conciliate the shade of Ajax by offering sacrifices to him in the island of
Leuce. This was done accordingly, and Autoleon was cured.
While in the
island of Leuce, Autoleon also saw
Helen
Helen may refer to:
People
* Helen of Troy, in Greek mythology, the most beautiful woman in the world
* Helen (actress) (born 1938), Indian actress
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* Helen, ...
, who gave him a commission to
Stesichorus. This poet had censured Helen in one of his poems and had become blind in consequence. Helen now sent him the message, that if he would recant, his sight should be restored to him. Stesichorus composed a poem in praise of Helen and recovered his sight.
Conon
Conon ( el, Κόνων) (before 443 BC – c. 389 BC) was an Athenian general at the end of the Peloponnesian War, who led the Athenian naval forces when they were defeated by a Peloponnesian fleet in the crucial Battle of Aegospotami; later he c ...
, ''Narrations'' 18. (cited in ''Smith'')
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Ancient Crotonians