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Frieze-Dennison Vergil
- son of Mygdon of Phrygia, who freed Cassandra, and fought for Priam against the Greeks before Troy, Verg. A. 2, 341; 2, 424.
(Κόροιβος), a Phrygian, a son of Mygdon, was one of the heroes that fought in the Trojan war on the side of the Trojans. He was one of the suitors of Cassandra, and was slain by Neoptolenus or Diomedes. (Paus. 9.27.1; Verg. A. 2.341.) [L.S]
(Κόροιβος), an Elean, who gained a victory in the stadium at the Olympian games in Ol. 1. (B. C. 776.) According to tradition, he slew the daemon Poene, whom Apollo had sent into the country of the Argives. He was represented on his tomb in the act of killing Poene, and his statue, which was made of stone, was one of the most ancient that Pausanias saw in the whole of Greece. (Paus. 1.43.7, 44.1, 5.8.3, 8.26.2; Strab. viii. p.355.) [L.S]
architect at the time of Pericles, who began the temple of Demeter at Eleusis, but died before he had completed his task. (Plut. Per. 13.) [L.U]
(Κόροιβος). (1) A Phrygian, the son of Mygdon. He loved Cassandra, and for that reason fought on the side of the Trojans.
(2) An Elean, who gained the victory in the stadium at the Olympic Games, B.C. 776, from which time the Olympiads begin to be reckoned. See Calendarium.
- murders Punishment at Argos: Paus. 1.43.7
- buried at Megara in market-place: Paus. 1.43.7ff.
- Olympic victor: Paus. 5.8.6
- first man to win prize at Olympia: Paus. 8.26.4
- his grave: Paus. 5.8.6, Paus. 8.26.3, 4
- killed by Neoptolemus or Diomede: Paus. 10.27.1