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"Slayer of Argus." According to Hesiod's tale he (Hermes) slew (Argus) the herdsman of Io.

And the author of the Aegimius, whether he is Hesiod or Cercops of Miletus (says)

"There, some day, shall be my place of refreshment, O leader of the people."

Hesiod (says they were so called) because they settled in three groups: "And they all were called the Three-fold people, because they divided in three the land far from their country." For (he says) that three Hellenic tribes settled in Crete, the Pelasgi, Achaeans and Dorians. And these have been called Three-fold People.

 

"So Urania bare Linus, a very lovely son: and him all men who are singers and harpers do bewail at feasts and dances, and as they begin and as they end they call on Linus * * * who was skilled in all manner of wisdom."

"Unless Phoebus Apollo should save him from death, or Paean himself who knows the remedies for all things."  275 T 2