Rhacius
Cretan leader of the first Greeks to reach the Colophonian coast while the Carians still held the land — strong in ships on the shore; later married Manto when the Delphic colonists were brought to him at Clarus.1
Manto
Daughter of Tiresias, dedicated to Apollo after Thebes fell; at the god's command she crossed to the Colophonian land, married Rhacius the Cretan, and with her people was allowed to inhabit the country.2
Mopsus⚖
Son of Rhacius and Manto in Pausanias' colonization tale — he drove the Carians from the land; Apollodorus instead makes the Colophonian seer who outprophesied Calchas a son of Apollo and Manto. Not the Argonaut Mopsus son of Ampycus.3
Damasichthon
Son of Codrus; with his brother Promethus he took the kingship when the Ionians joined the Greeks already at Colophon on equal terms. Distinct from Damasichthon the Theban (Niobid or son of Opheltes).4
Promethus
Son of Codrus who killed his brother Damasichthon and fled to Naxos, where he died; his body was carried home and received by the sons of Damasichthon.5
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the spine ignites as you read · the reign index on the card follows your place · starred rulers link to their codices
HER SKY
a mini-galaxy of 9 dwellers
MYTHS SET HERE
3 tales walk these walls
ON THE MAP
in Ionia
Coordinates: Pleiades gazetteer, CC BY · place 550829