Dotis (son of Asterius)
son of Asterius in Greek mythology
In Greek mythology, Dotis (Ancient Greek: Δωτίς or Δωτίδος, romanized: Dōtis) or Dotius (Ancient Greek: Δώτιος, romanized: Dōtios, lit. 'given' or 'gift') was the son of Asterius and Amphictyone, daughter of Phthius. According to Pherecydes (c. 450 BC), he was the eponym of the city Dotion (Dotium) in Thessaly.
Alternate mythical eponyms were Dotia, daughter of Elatus, and Dotus, son of either Pelasgus or Neonus, son of Hellen.
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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.
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