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LIGYRIA (Ancient country) ITALY
Albion or Alebion, a son of Poseidon and brother of Dercynus or Bergion, together
with whom he attacked Heracles, when he passed through their country (Liguria)
with the oxen of Geryon. But they paid for their presumption with their lives
(Apollod. ii. 5.10; Pomp. Mela, ii. 5.39). The Scholiast on Lycophron (648) calls
the brother of Alebion, Ligys. The story is also alluded to in Hyginus (Poet.
Astr. ii. 6) and Dionysius (i. 41).
Cycnus, a son of Sthenelus, king of the Ligurians, and a friend and relation of Phaeton. He was the father of Cinyras and Cupauo. While he was lamenting the fate of Phaeton on the banks of the Eridanus, he was metamorphosed by Apollo into a swan, and placed among the stars. (Ov. Meet. ii. 366, &c.; Paus. i. 30.3; Serv. ad Aen. x. 189)
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