It was also called Bizas. He was a king of Megara, son of King Niso. He was the founder of Byzantium, later known as Constantinople and Istanbul. According to Greek mythology, Byzas was the son of Poseidon and the nymph Ceraesa.
John Rene Plaut
BIZANTE king of the city of Byzantium, which would be renamed Constantinople and then Istanbul, former capital of Turkey.
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