< Geryones >

1 Origin

Geryones was born in Tartessus on the Iberian Peninsula in 1320 BC.

Geryones is believed to have been a descendant of Maceris, who founded Heracleia (near present-day Algeciras) on the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula and died there.

2 Family

Norax, son of Geryones' daughter Erytheia, emigrated to Sardinia and founded the oldest town, Nora (near present-day Pula cape), on the southern tip of the island.

3 Others

Geryones lived in Tartessus, centered on the Baetis (formerly Tartessus, now Guadalquivir) River, northwest of Heracleia on the Iberian Peninsula.

Gadeira (now Cadiz), near the mouth of the Baetis River, and the island opposite, were collectively called Erytheia, where Geryones kept cattle.