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Dymas
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In Greek mythology, Dymas is the name of at least four characters.
The first Dymas was a Phrygian king and father of Hecabe (also called Hecuba), wife to King Priam of Troy. King Dymas is also said by Homer to have had a son named Asius, who fought (and died) during the Trojan War - not to be confused with his namesake, Asius son of Hyrtacus, who also fought (and died) before Troy. The parentage of Phrygian Dymas is not given in any of the ancient sources. His wife is given as Eunoë, a daughter of the River God Sangarius. In fact, Dymas and his Phrygian subjects are closely connected to the River Sangarius (now Sakarya River), the third longest river in modern-day Turkey, which empties into the Black Sea.
The second Dymas was maybe the same as the first. According to Quintus Smyrnaeus this Dymas was the father of Meges, a Trojan whose sons fought at Troy.
The third Dymas was a Dorian and the ancestor of the Dymanes. His father, Aegimius, adopted Heracles' son, Hyllas. Dymas and his brother, Pamphylus, submitted to Hyllas.
The fourth Dymas is mentioned in Homer's Odyssey as a Phaeacian captain, whose daughter was a friend to the princess Nausicaa.
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