Dotus Explained

In Greek mythology, Dotus was the eponym of Dotium (Dotion) in Thessaly. He was the son of Neonus, son of Hellen,^[1] or of Pelasgus.^[2]

Alternatively, the other mythical eponyms of the Dotian plain were Dotius, son of Asterius and Amphictyone, daughter of Phthius;^{[3] [4]} or of Dotia, daughter of Elatus.^[5]

Notes

1. [Stephanus of Byzantium]
2. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Dōtion (Δώτιον) with Mnaseas as the authority
3. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Dōtion (Δώτιον) with Pherecydes as the authority (fr. 172)
4. Book: [[Robert Fowler (academic)|Fowler, Robert L.]] . Early Greek Mythography: Volume II Commentary . Oxford University Press . 2013 . 978-0-19-814741-1 . Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom . 147.
5. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Dōtion (Δώτιον)

References

• Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.