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Aegialeus (Ancient Greek: Αἰγιαλεύς derived from αἰγιαλός aigialos "beach, sea-shore") also Aegealeus, Aigialeus, Egialeus, was the elder son of Adrastus, a king of Argos, and either Amphithea or Demonassa.

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👉 Aegialeus (king of Argos) in the context of Aegiale (wife of Diomedes)

Aegiale or Aegialeia or Aegialia (Ancient Greek: Αἰγιάλη or Αἰγιάλεια) was, in Greek mythology, a daughter of Adrastus and Amphithea, or of Aegialeus the son of Adrastus, whence she bears the surname of Adrastine. One account refers to her as Euryaleia.

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Aegialeus (king of Argos) in the context of Demonassa

In Greek mythology, Demonassa or Demonassae (Ancient Greek: Δημώνασσα) was a name attributed to five women.

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Aegialeus (king of Argos) in the context of Amphithea

Amphithea (Ancient Greek: Ἀμφιθέα) is the name of several women in Greek mythology:

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Aegialeus (king of Argos) in the context of Laodamas

Laodamas (/lˈɒdəməs/; Ancient Greek: Λᾱοδάμᾱς, romanizedLāodámās, lit.'tamer of the people') refers to five different people in Greek mythology.

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Aegialeus (king of Argos) in the context of Cyanippus

In Greek mythology, the name Cyanippus (Ancient Greek: Κυάνιππος) may refer to:

  • Cyanippus, son of Aegialeus and Comaetho, or else son of Adrastus and Amphithea and brother of Aegialeus. He fought in the Trojan War and was one of the men who entered the Trojan Horse. For a while, he ruled over Argos. He died childless and was succeeded by Cylarabes, son of Sthenelus.
  • Cyanippus, son of Pharax, from Thessaly. He fell in love with the beautiful Leucone and married her, but he was so fond of hunting that he would not spend any time with his young wife. Leucone, suspecting her husband of infidelity, followed him to the woods to spy on him. Cyanippus' hounds scented her hiding in the thicket and, taking her for a wild animal, rushed at the woman and tore her to pieces. Cyanippus himself came up too late; he set up a funeral pyre for his wife, slew his dogs upon it and then killed himself. The story is similar to that of Cephalus and Procris.
  • Cyanippus, a Syracusan who did not venerate Dionysus. The god punished him by making him drunk, in which state Cyanippus raped his own daughter Cyane. She managed to take a ring off the rapist's finger, so that she could recognize him later, and gave the ring to her nurse. Soon after that, the city was affected with plague, and the oracle of Apollo pronounced that there was an impious man in the city who was to be sacrificed in order to put an end to the calamity. Cyane was the only one to understand the prophecy. She grabbed her father by the hair, cut his throat and then killed herself in the same manner.
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