Pinarus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Pinarus (Ancient Greek: Πίναρός Pinaros) was the eponymous founder of the Lycian city of Pinara.

Family Pinarus was the son of Tremilus who named after himself the land he settled, Tremile, which later became Lycia.Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Tremilē (quoting a poem by Panyassis) His mother was the nymph Praxidice, daughter of Ogygus, and he was the brother to Tloos, CragusTituli Asiae Minoris 2.174, A.16–B2 (Greek text) and Xanthus.Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Tlōs

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Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.