Δαμασκος
The hero who gave his name to the city of Damascus in Syria. There are various legends about him. Some make him out to be the son of Hermes and the Nymph Halimede and to have emigrated from Arcadia to Syria, where he founded the city. Others claim that he was a follower of Dionysus and that he chopped down a vine the god had planted; incensed by this, Dionysus had flayed him on the site of the future city of Damascus. Yet other legends claim that the name Damascus came from a hero named Damas, one of Dionysus' companions, who had put up a tent (σχηνη) on the site of the future city and had placed a statue of the god within it; the city was hence called Damascus (from Δαμα σχηωνη).
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