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The people of Cythium say that their city had no human founder, but that Heracles and Apollo, when they were reconciled after their strife for the possession of the tripod, united to found the city.(Perseus Project - Paus. 3.21.8)
Geron, that is, "the old man;" under this name Nereus was worshipped at Gythium in Laconia. (Paus. i. 23.8; comp. Hes. Theog. 234.)
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