Pygmaeus

In Greek mythology, Pygmaeus ({{Langx|grc|Πυγμαίου|translit=Pygmaios}}) was the ancestor of the Pygmies, a tribe of diminutive men living at the southernmost shores of the great earth-encircling river Okeanos. He was the son of Dorus, son of King Epaphus of Egypt.Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Pygmaioi (Πυγμαῖοι) Otherwise, the Pygmies were instead called the offspring of the latter and Gaea (Earth).Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 40A