King Cydon of Crete, son of Hermes or Apollo and of Akakallis, the daughter of King Minos. According to Pausanias, son of king Tegeates. Founder of Kydonia or Cydonia, Crete. With vine leaves of Bacchus in his hair. Cydon. Copperplate engraving by Pieter Bodart (1676-1712) from Henricus Spoor’s Deorum et Heroum, Virorum et Mulierum Illustrium Imagines Antiquae Illustatae, Gods and Heroes, Men and Women, Illustrated with Antique Images, Petrum, Amsterdam, 1715. First published as Favissæ utriusque antiquitatis tam Romanæ quam Græcæ in 1707. Henricus Spoor was a Dutch physician, classical schola

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King Cydon of Crete, son of Hermes or Apollo and of Akakallis, the daughter of King Minos. According to Pausanias, son of king Tegeates. Founder of Kydonia or Cydonia, Crete. With vine leaves of Bacchus in his hair. Cydon. Copperplate engraving by Pieter Bodart (1676-1712) from Henricus Spoor’s Deorum et Heroum, Virorum et Mulierum Illustrium Imagines Antiquae Illustatae, Gods and Heroes, Men and Women, Illustrated with Antique Images, Petrum, Amsterdam, 1715. First published as Favissæ utriusque antiquitatis tam Romanæ quam Græcæ in 1707. Henricus Spoor was a Dutch physician, classical scholar, poet and writer, fl. 1694-1716.

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