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, Philander or Philandros (

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Acacallis and

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. Their mother mated with the god in the house of Carmanor in the city of

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. According to the Elyrians, Phylacides and Philander were suckled by a goat. Pausanias
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References

* Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
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