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Coretho
Arcadian prince in Greek mythology From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In Greek mythology, Coretho (Ancient Greek: Κορέθοντα) was an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon either by the naiad Cyllene,[1] Nonacris[2] or by unknown woman. Possibly he is the same person as the Italian king named Corythus, who is called the father of Dardanus through his wife Electra.
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Coretho and his siblings were the most nefarious and carefree of all people. To test them, Zeus visited them in the form of a peasant. These brothers mixed the entrails of a child into the god's meal, whereupon the enraged king of the gods threw the meal over the table. Coretho was killed, along with his brothers and their father, by a lightning bolt of the god.[3]
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