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Palaephatus
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Palaephatus

Palaephatus (Ancient Greek: Παλαίφατος) was the author of a rationalizing text on Greek mythology, the paradoxographical work On Incredible Things (Περὶ ἀπίστων (ἱστοριῶν); Incredibilia), which survives in a (probably corrupt) Byzantine edition.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Palaephatus albicerus

speciesPalaephatus albicerus

Palaephatus luteolus

speciesPalaephatus luteolus

Palaephatus fusciterminus

speciesPalaephatus fusciterminus

Palaephatus nielseni

speciesPalaephatus nielseni

Palaephatus pallidus

speciesPalaephatus pallidus

Palaephatus falsus

speciesPalaephatus falsus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 526832.