In Greek mythology, Thasus or Thasos ( or ; ) was a son of PoseidonApollodorus, 3.1.1 (or, in other versions, Agenor,Pausanias, 5.25.12; Scholiast on Euripides, Phoenissae 6 PhoenixConon, Narrations 32 or CilixApollodorus, 3.1.1 with Pherecydes as the authority). He was a Phoenician prince and one of those who set out from Phoenicia in search of Europa (Thasus' sister). His brother, Cadmus, gave him a part of the army and left him on an island (Thasos) where he "founded" the eponymous town of Thasos.Herodotus, 2.44; Pausanias, 5.25.12; Pseudo-Scymnos, Circuit de la terre 646 ff.; Conon, Narrations 37
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