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In Greek mythology, the Doliones (Ancient Greek: Δολίονες) or Dolionians were the people living on the coast of the Propontis (northwestern Asia Minor), visited by the Argonauts. They were ruled by Cyzicus, son of Aeneus and Aenete.

Mythology

After the departure of the Argonauts in Lemnos, they came to the land of the Doliones of whom Cyzicus was the king. Cyzicus welcomed the Argonauts on their journey to Colchis and received them with generous hospitality. But after their departure, a storm drove them back to the Cyzicene coast at night.

With neither the Argonauts nor King Cyzicus and the Doliones recognizing one another, each mistook the other as an enemy and battle ensued (according to Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica and Apollodorus' Bibliotheca, the Doliones thought the returning Argonauts were a Pelasgian army who constantly harassed them). A fragment attributed to 4th century BCE historian Ephorus in the Scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica, however, named the Doliones a Pelasgian people. The Argonauts slew many natives, including King Cyzicus who was killed either by Jason or Heracles.

List of Dolionians

Notes

1. Apollodorus, 1.9.18
2. Apollonius Rhodius, 1.1012; Apollodorus, 1.9.18
3. Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.1037; New Jacoby, Ephorus fr. 61
4. Valerius Flaccus, 3.1 ff.
5. Apollonius Rhodius, 1.947, 1.952, 1.961, 1.1018, 1.1022, 1.1029, 1.1058, 1.1070.
6. ^ Valerius Flaccus, 1.152
7. ^ Apollonius Rhodius, 1.1046
8. Valerius Flaccus, 3.167
9. Apollonius Rhodius, 1.1043
10. Valerius Flaccus, 3.145
11. ^ Apollonius Rhodius, 1.1042
12. ^ Valerius Flaccus, 3.138
13. ^ Valerius Flaccus, 3.112
14. ^ Apollonius Rhodius, 1.1041
15. ^ Apollonius Rhodius, 1.1045
16. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 3.99
17. Apollonius Rhodius, 1.1044
18. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 3.159
19. Apollonius Rhodius, 1.1040
20. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 194
21. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 3.114
22. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 3.153
23. ^ Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 3.191
24. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 3.156
25. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 3.149
26. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 3.111
27. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 3.189
28. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 3.118
29. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 3.203
30. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 3.198
31. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 3.148
32. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 3.173
33. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 3.125
34. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 3.204
35. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 3.158
36. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 3.182
37. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 3.140

References

• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at theio.com.
• Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonauticon. Otto Kramer. Leipzig. Teubner. 1913. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

• Characters in the Argonautica
• Mythological people from Anatolia
• Legendary tribes in Greco-Roman historiography