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Olorus

O'lorus

(Ὄλορος, Ὄρολος), or O'rolus.

1. A King of Thrace, whose daughter Hegesipvla, was mIarried to Miltiades (Hdt. 6.39, 41 ; Marcellin. Vit. Thuc.)

O'lorus

2. Apparently grandson of the above, and son of Hegesil)yla, was probably the offspring of a second marriage contracted by her after the death of Miltiades. This Olorus was the father of Thucydides, the historian (Thuc. 4.104; Marcellin. Vit. Thuc. ; Suidas, s. v. Θουκυδίδης). [E.E]

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