Chlorus
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In Greek mythology, Chlorus (Ancient Greek: Χλώρου) was the son of Pelasgus and father of Haemon, father of Thessalus.Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. HaimoniaStrabo, Geographica 9.5.23 In some accounts, however, Haemon was called the son of Pelasgus instead.Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.1089 Haemon and Thessalus were both eponyms of Haemonia and Thessaly.
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- Stephanus of Byzantium, 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. [https://topostext.org/work/241 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
- Strabo, The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0198%3Abook%3D6%3Achapter%3D1%3Asection%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
- Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0197 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]
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