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Meaning of erisictón



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erisictón
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Variant of the name Eresictón . See Mestra .

  



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

It was one of the names by which a King of Thessaly was known in Ancient Greece. He was also known as Eton (meaning voracious), Eresicton or Erisicton. He suffered from a voracious hunger for punishment from Démeter and was the father of Mestra. Another ancient Greek character, he had the same name and was known as Eresicton of Attica or Erisicton the Athenian, who was the son of King Cécrope of Athens and Aglaurus.

  

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John Rene Plaut

In Greek mythology, king of Thessaly, sometimes known as Eresectón or Eton. ?? He was the son of Tríopas??? or Myrmidon, ?? and of an unknown mother. Erisicton is an example of an ungodly king, and so Demeter or Demetra, mother goddess, or goddess of agriculture, condemned him to eternal hunger.

  










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