Arabius (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Arabius or Arabus (Strabo, 1.2.34 (Greek)) may refer to the following distinct or identical individuals:

Arabius, eponym of Arabia, and the son of Hermes and Thronia, daughter of King Belus of Egypt.Hesiod, Ehoiai fr.15; Strabo, 1.2.34 He fathered Cassiopeia, wife of King Phoenix of Phoenicia.Antoninus Liberalis, 40Gantz, p. 208. Arabus, son of Apollo and Babylon.Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 7.56–57 p. 196 He may also be the same as the above.

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