Ardalus Explained

Ardalus (grc|Ἄρδαλος) was in Greek mythology a son of the god Hephaestus who was said to have invented the flute, and to have built a sanctuary of the Muses at Troezen, who derived from him the surname Ardalides or Ardaliotides.

This story is recorded in the works of Pausanias,^[1] and in some obscure fragments of Hesychius of Alexandria.^{[2] [3]}

Pausanias

• 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. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

Notes and References

1. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
2. [Hesychius of Alexandria]
3. Hollis . Adrian S. . Some Neglected Verse Citations in Hesychius . . 123 . 67 . . 1998 . 20190292 . 0084-5388.