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Pausanias Deseripiion of Greece: Vhe district: of
Corinth, which is part ef the district of Argos, has
its name from Corinthus, who to the best of my
belief is seriously called a son of Zeus only by the
local if loud authority of the inhabitants.  Fumeélus
son of Amphilytus of what is known as the house of
the Baechids. the reputed author of the epic poem
(Corinthiaca), declares in the Corimthian fistory, if
indeed his title to this is not lalse. that this country
was first settled by Ephyra daughter ot Oceanus...

Scholiast on Apollonius of Rhodes frgonautica
[Aetolian Leda}: . 2. She is made the daughter
of Sisyphus and Panteiduia by Fumelus in the
Corinthiaca,

Scholiast on Pindar: . . . We are teld this by an
historical poet called Eumetus.

Clement of Alexandria Masce/icxuies > What Hesiod
wrote was put into prose and published as their
own by the historians Eumelus and Acusilatis,

Tlie Same: Moreover the statue of Apollo at
Delphi is shown to have been a pillar by the words
ofthe poet of the Luropia ...

Scholiast on the /fad : This account (of Dionysus)
is given by many authors, but occurs first in Eumelus
the poet of the Europia.

Pausanias Description of Greece > According to the
author of the poem on Europa. the first player on
the Ivre was Amphion. who was taught by Flermes.

Athenaeus Doelors αἱ Dinner: The poet of the

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