Cleochus, the
Cretan father of the
nymphAria, mother of
Miletus by
Apollo.[1] When Areia gave birth to her son she hid him in a bed of
smilax, Cleochus found the child there and named him Miletus after the plant.[2]Clement of Alexandria quotes Leandrios saying that Cleochus was buried within the temple enclosure of
Didyma in Miletus.[3]
Titus Flavius Clemens, Exhortation against the Pagans translated by Butterworth, G W. Loeb Classical Library Volume 92. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1919.
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Cleochus, the
Cretan father of the
nymphAria, mother of
Miletus by
Apollo.[1] When Areia gave birth to her son she hid him in a bed of
smilax, Cleochus found the child there and named him Miletus after the plant.[2]Clement of Alexandria quotes Leandrios saying that Cleochus was buried within the temple enclosure of
Didyma in Miletus.[3]
Titus Flavius Clemens, Exhortation against the Pagans translated by Butterworth, G W. Loeb Classical Library Volume 92. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1919.
Online version at theio.com
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.