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Dyrrhachius

Dyrrha'chius

(Δυρράχιος), a son of Poseidon and Melissa, from whom the town of Dyrrachium derived its name; for formerly it was called Epidamnus, after the father of Melissa. (Paus. 6.10, in fin.; Steph. Byz. s. v. Δυρράχιον.) [L.S]

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