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After the Telchines, the Heliadae, according to the mythical story, took possession of the island; and to one of these, Cercaphus, and to his wife Cydippe, were born children who founded the cities that are named after them,“Lindus, Ialysus, and Cameirus white with chalk.
1But some say that Tlepolemus founded them and gave them the same names as those of certain daughters of Danäus.

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