In Greek mythology, Bounos or Bunus (Ancient Greek: Βοῦνος means 'hill, mound') was the Corinthian son of Hermes and Alcidamea/Alcidamia.Pausanias, 2.3.10; Theopompus FgH 1.332
Mythology Bunus received the throne of Ephyra (an early name of Corinth) from Aeëtes, when the latter decided to migrate to Colchis, biding him to keep it until he or his children came back.Pausanias, 2.3.10; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 174 He is said to have built a sanctuary to Hera Bunaea on the road which led up to Acrocorinthus.Pausanias, 2.4.7 After the death of Bounus, Epopeus of Sicyon, who had come from Thessaly, extended his own kingdom to include Corinth.Pausanias, 2.3.10
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References Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996. Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.