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The myth attributes the origin of Rhodes to the love Helios, the Sun God, had for the nymph Rhodes, who was the daughter of Poseidon, the god of the Sea. One of their sons, Kerkafos, had three children: Kameiros, Ialyssos and Lindos, who built the three largest towns on the island. The Rhodians led by Tlepolemos, the son of Hercules, took part in the Trojan War with nine ships, but their leader was killed in battle before the walls of Troy. From 1000 to 600 B.C. the three largest towns on the island, Kameiros, Ialyssos and, above all, Lindos founded many colonies on the shores of Asia Minor, Sicily, France and Spain.
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Eastern Europe
