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Graecus
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Graecus or Græcus (Greek: Γραικός) was, according to Hesiod's "Eoiae" (Greek : Ηοίαι) or Catalogue of Women[1] on the origin of the Greeks, the son of Pandora and Zeus and brother of Magnetas and Macedon. Their mother Pandora (named after her grandmother Pandora) was the daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha and sister of Hellen who together with his three sons Dorus, Xuthus (with his sons Ion and Achaeus) and Aeolos, comprised the set of ancient tribes that formed the Greek/Hellenic nation.
According to other sources, Graecus was a son of Thessalus. Later authors have Latinus being Graecus brother.
The Hellenic tribe Graecians took their name after Graecus. They were one of the first Greek tribes to colonize Italy. The area that came to be known as Magna Graecia took its name after them. The Latins used this term in reference to all Hellenic people due to the fact that the first Hellenes they came into contact with were the Graecians, hence the name Greeks.
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- ^ Hesiod , "Eoiae" (Greek : Ηοίαι) or "Catalogue of Women", c.650 BC.
- Hesiod's "Eoiae" (Greek : Ηοίαι) or "Catalogue of Women", c.650 BC.
- Carlos Parada, Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology
- Graecus from Charles Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1867)