Miscelo
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Myscellus, or Myscelus (), son of Alemon, was a native of the Achaean polis Rhypes and the legendary founder of Crotona in 710 BC. According Ovid, the god Hercules appeared to Myscelus in a dream and commanded him to leave his native Achaea and seek out the "stone-filled waters of Aesar." Myscelus prepared to leave despite the laws that prohibited citizens from leaving their native land. When his plan was discovered by his fellow townspeople and he was brought to trial, he prayed to Hercules to come to his aid. The god responded by changing the color of the pebbles with which the townspeople h
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En la mitología griega, Miscelo o Miscilo fue un aqueo de la ciudad de Ripes a quien el oráculo mandó edificar una ciudad allí donde le sorprendiera la lluvia en tiempo seco. Miscelo partió a Italia, y, al encontrar una mujer llorando, creyó interpretar la sentencia del oráculo, y levantó en aquel lugar la ciudad de Crotona.
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