His brothers included Cilix, who gave his name to Cilicia, and Phineus, who was tormented by Harpies. He was sentenced to serve eight years as the bondsman of Ares for killing a sacred serpent. The Delphic Oracle advised him to follow a cow and build a city wherever it sank down from weariness. This father of Semele was helped in founding that city
His brothers included Cilix, who gave his name to Cilicia, and Phineus, who was tormented by Harpies. He was sentenced to serve eight years as the bondsman of Ares for killing a sacred serpent. The Delphic Oracle advised him to follow a cow and build a city wherever it sank down from weariness. This father of Semele was helped in founding that city by 5 men who sprang up when he sowed the ground with the teeth of Ares's serpent. FTP name this man who founded Thebes after abandoning the search for his sister Europa.
His brothers included Cilix, who gave his name to Cilicia, and Phineus, who was tormented by Harpies.