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Arganthone, a fair maiden in Mysia, who used to hunt alone in the forests. Rhesus, attracted by the fame of her beauty, came to her during the chase; he succeeded in winning her love, and married her. After he was slain at Troy by Diomedes, she died of grief. (Parthen. Erot. 36; Steph. Byz. s. v. Arganthonis.)
Granicus, (Granikos), a river god of Mysia, is described by Hesiod (Theog. 342) as a son of Oceanus and Thetys. But according to Stephanus Byzantinus (s. v. Graikos), the name Granicus was derived by some from Graecus, the son of Thessalus.
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