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Ιανισκος
According to some traditions a son of
Asclepius
and therefore the brother of
Machaon
and
Podalirius
. He was a native of
Thessaly
from the area of the
Perrhebes
.
There was another Ianiscus who was descended from the
Athenian
Clytius
. The latter had a daughter called
Pheno
, whom he gave in marriage to
Lamedon
, the king of
Sicyon
. Later, when
ADRASTUS
, one of Lamedon's successors,
abdicate
d, Ianiscus, who came from
Attica
, was invited to become king. When he died he was succeeded by
PHAESTUS
.
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Lamedon
John Hick
Sicyon
Adrastus
Athenian
Asclepius
abdicate