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Daunus

3. A king of Apulia. He had been obliged to flee from Illyria, his native land, into Apulia, and gave his name to a portion of his new country. (Daunia.) He is said to have hospitably received Diomedes, and to have given him his daughter Euippe in marriage. (Fest. s.v. Plin. Nat. 3.11; comp. DIOMEDES.)

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    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 3.11
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