Autolaus
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Ancient Greek mythological figure
In Greek mythology, Autolaus (Ancient Greek: Αὐτόλαος) was the illegitimate son of King Arcas of Arcadia.[1] He found and brought up the infant god Asclepius when the infant was exposed in Thelpusa.[2]
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[edit ]- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Autolaus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . p. 446.
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