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{{Short description|Cretan son of Lebes who settled in Caria}}
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Rhacius''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|eɪ|ʃ|ə|s}} ({{langx|grc|Ῥάκιος}}) was the [[Crete|Cretan]] son of [[Lebes (mythology)|Lebes]], who led a group of [[Greeks|Greek]] settlers to [[Colophon (city)|Colophon]] in Asia Minor.<ref>Hard, p. 331.</ref> With his wife [[Manto (daughter of Tiresias)|Manto]], daughter of the seer [[Tiresias]], he became the father of [[Mopsus]], a renowned seer.<ref>Hard, p. 331; Grimal, s.v. Rhacius; [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:7.3.2 7.3.2].</ref>

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== References ==
* [[Pierre Grimal|Grimal, Pierre]], ''The Dictionary of Classical Mythology'', Wiley-Blackwell, 1996. {{ISBN|978-0-631-20102-1}}. [https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofclas0000grim/page/n3/mode/2up?view=theater Internet Archive].
* Hard, Robin, ''The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology"'', Psychology Press, 2004. {{ISBN|978-0-415-18636-0}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&printsec=frontcover Google Books].
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Pausanias Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes'', Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1918. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.1.1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].

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