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Capys was the son of
Assaracus[2] by either
Hieromneme (
naiad daughter of
Simois)[3] or
Clytodora.[4] He succeeded his father as king over the Dardanians and married a Hieromneme [4] or his cousin
Themiste, the daughter of
Ilus, founder of
Troy. With her, he fathered
Anchises and
Acoetes.[5] The former son who was a handsome lad later become the beloved of the goddess
Aphrodite and the father of the famous
Aeneas while the latter one, became the father of the priest
Laocoon. In some versions of the myth, Capys was the brother of
Ganymede while his mother Hieromneme was also called his wife.[4]
Mythology
Capys or a different Capys, founded the city of
Capua.[6]