In Greek mythology, the name Guneus (; The name is derived from gounos (γουνός), which means "fruitful land" or "fertile field" and is combined with the masculine suffix -eus (-εύς), it translates roughly to "one of the fertile land".) may refer to: Guneus, a man from Pheneus and father of Laonome, wife of Alcaeus.Apollodorus, 2.4.5; Pausanias, 8.14.2 Through his daughter, he was the grandfather of Amphitryon, Anaxo and Perimede. Guneus, leader of the Aenianes and Perrhaebians during the Trojan War. According to Homer, "Guneus brought two and twenty ships from Cyphus, and he was followed by the Enienes and the valiant Peraebi, who dwelt about wintry Dodona."Homer, Iliad 2.748 & Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 897; cf. also Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 279 & Apollodorus, E.3.14 Guneus survived the war, and went to Libya where he settled near the Cinyps River.Apollodorus, 6.15; Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 899 & 902 Guneus was an obscure character, though his tribal followers (Aenienians and Perrhaebians) are usually placed in northwestern Greece. Homer does not record his pedigree, but elsewhere his parents were called OcytusApollodorus, E.3.14; Hyginus, Fabulae 97 blundered his name as Cycnus and providing his residence as Argos instead and AurophyteHyginus, Fabulae 97 or Tauropoleia (or Hippodameia).Tzetzes, Allegories of the Iliad Prologue 629–630 In a rare account, his father was called Cyphos, the eponym of Cyphus, with no mention of a mother.Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 897 He may have had a brother named Ainos, whom Odysseus buried while he was fetching provisions in Thrace.Euphorion, Poetic Fragments 88
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