Pinarus (mythology) explained

In Greek mythology, Pinarus (Ancient Greek: Πίναρός Pinaros) was the eponymous founder of the Lycian city of Pinara.

Family

Pinarus was the son of Tremilus who named after himself the land he settled, Tremile, which later became Lycia.^[1] His mother was the nymph Praxidice, daughter of Ogygus, and he was the brother to Tloos, Cragus^[2] and Xanthus.^[3]

Notes

1. Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Tremilē (quoting a poem by Panyassis)
2. Tituli Asiae Minoris 2.174, A.16–B2 (Greek text)
3. Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Tlōs

References

• Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.