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Hypsus (mythology)

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Arcadian prince in Greek mythology

In Greek mythology, Hypsus (Ancient Greek: Ὑψοῦντος means 'lift high, raise up') was an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon [1] either by the naiad Cyllene,[2] Nonacris [3] or by unknown woman. He was the reputed eponymous founder of the Arcadian town of Hypsus.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Pausanias, 8.3.3 & 8.35.7
  2. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 1.13.1
  3. ^ Pausanias, 8.17.6

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