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, Tremilus () or Tremiles (Τρεμίλης) was the eponym of Tremile, which was later called

Lycia Lycia (; Lycian: 𐊗𐊕𐊐𐊎𐊆𐊖 ''Trm̃mis''; , ; ) was a historical region in Anatolia from 15–14th centuries BC (as Lukka) to 546 BC. It bordered the Mediterranean Sea in what is today the provinces of Antalya and Muğ ...

. Another variant of his name was Termilus.

Family

Tremiles was married to the

nymph A nymph (; ; sometimes spelled nymphe) is a minor female nature deity in ancient Greek folklore. Distinct from other Greek goddesses, nymphs are generally regarded as personifications of nature; they are typically tied to a specific place, land ...

Praxidice, daughter of Ogygus, on silver Sibros beside the whirling river. The couple had four sons: Tloos, Pinarus, Cragus and Xanthus. In one account, all sons were mentioned except Xanthus as the progeny of Tremiles and Praxidike.

Mythology

When Tremiles died,

Bellerophon Bellerophon or Bellerophontes (; ; lit. "slayer of Belleros") or Hipponous (; lit. "horse-knower"), was a divine Corinthian hero of Greek mythology, the son of Poseidon and Eurynome, and the foster son of Glaukos. He was "the greatest her ...

tes renamed the Tremileis Lycians. Hekataios refers to them as Tremilas in the 4th book of his Genealogies.Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v.
Tremilē
' (quoting a poem by Panyassis)

Notes

References

Stephanus of Byzantium Stephanus or Stephen of Byzantium (; , ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD) was a Byzantine grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled ''Ethnica'' (). Only meagre fragments of the dictionary survive, but the epit ...

, ''Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt,'' edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
* Tituli Asiae Minoris II.174, translated by Brady Kiesling, an inscription from Sidyma in Lycia
Online version at the Topos Text Project.Greek text at epigraphy.packhum.org
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