Aleus in the context of "Alea (Arcadia)"

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⭐ Core Definition: Aleus

In Greek mythology, Aleus (or Aleos) (Ancient Greek: Ἀλεός) was the king of Arcadia, eponym of Alea, and founder of the cult of Athena Alea. He was the grandson of Arcas. His daughter Auge was the mother of the hero Telephus, by Heracles. Aleus's sons Amphidamas and Cepheus, and his grandson Ancaeus were Argonauts. Ancaeus was killed by the Calydonian boar.

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Aleus in the context of Pergamon Altar

The Pergamon Altar (Ancient Greek: Βωμός τῆς Περγάμου) was a monumental construction built during the reign of the Ancient Greek King Eumenes II of the Pergamon Empire in the first half of the 2nd century BC on one of the terraces of the acropolis of Pergamon in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). It was described as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by three known classical lists.

The structure was 35.74 metres (117 ft 3 in) wide and 33.4 metres (109 ft 7 in) deep; the front stairway alone was almost 20 metres (66 ft) wide. The base was decorated with a frieze in high relief showing the battle between the Giants and the Olympian gods known as the Gigantomachy. There was a second, smaller and less well-preserved high relief frieze on the inner court walls which surrounded the actual fire altar on the upper level of the structure at the top of the stairs. In a set of consecutive scenes, it depicts events from the life of Telephus, legendary founder of the city of Pergamon and son of the hero Heracles and Auge, one of Tegean king Aleus's daughters.

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Aleus in the context of Telephus

In Greek mythology, Telephus (/ˈtɛlɪfəs/; Ancient Greek: Τήλεφος, Tēlephos, "far-shining") was the son of Heracles and Auge, who was the daughter of king Aleus of Tegea. He was adopted by Teuthras, the king of Mysia, in Asia Minor, whom he succeeded as king. Telephus was wounded by Achilles when the Achaeans came to his kingdom on their way to sack Troy and bring Helen back to Sparta, and later healed by Achilles. He was the father of Eurypylus, who fought alongside the Trojans against the Greeks in the Trojan War. Telephus' story was popular in ancient Greek and Roman iconography and tragedy. Telephus' name and mythology were possibly derived from the Hittite god Telepinu.

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Aleus in the context of Stheneboea

In Greek mythology, Stheneboea (/ˌsθɛnɪˈbə/; Ancient Greek: Σθενέβοια, romanizedSthenéboia, lit.'strong cow, strong through cattle') also called Antea in Homer (Ancient Greek: Ἄντεια, romanizedÁnteia), is the daughter of Iobates, king in Lycia. She was the queen consort of Proetus, joint-king in the Argolid along with Acrisius, having his seat at Tiryns. According to early sources, Stheneboea was the daughter of Aphidas and sister of Aleus. Stheneboea desired the hero Bellerophon, but he spurned her advances, so she accused him of rape to her husband, setting in motion the events that would result in Bellerophon becoming one of the greatest ancient Greek heroes.

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Aleus in the context of Auge

In Greek mythology, Auge (/ˈɔː/; Ancient Greek: Αὐγή, romanizedAugḗ, lit.'sunbeam, daylight, dawn';), was the daughter of Aleus the king of Tegea in Arcadia, and the virgin priestess of Athena Alea. She was also the mother of the hero Telephus by Heracles.

Auge had sex with Heracles (either willingly, or by force) and was made pregnant. When Aleus found this out, by various accounts, he ordered Auge drowned, or sold as a slave, or shut up in a wooden chest and thrown into the sea. However, in all these accounts, she and her son Telephus end up at the court of the Mysian king Teuthras, where Auge becomes the wife (or the adopted daughter) of Teuthras, and Telephus becomes Teuthras’ adopted son and heir.

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Aleus in the context of Neaera (mythology)

Neaera (/niˈɪərə/; Ancient Greek: Νέαιρα), also Neaira (/niˈrə/), is the name of multiple female characters in Greek mythology:

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Aleus in the context of Cleobule

In Greek mythology, the name Cleobule, Cleoboule, Kleobule or Kleoboule (Ancient Greek: Κλεοβούλη, Kleoboúlē) or Cleobula refers to:

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Aleus in the context of Lycurgus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Lycurgus (/laɪˈkɜːrɡəs/; Ancient Greek: Λυκοῦργος Lykoûrgos, Ancient Greek: /lykôrɡos/ ), also Lykurgos or Lykourgos, may refer to the following individuals:

  • Lycurgus, son of Aleus, and king of Tegea in Arcadia
  • Lycurgus, a king of Nemea, and son of Pheres.
  • Lycurgus, king of Thrace and opponent of Dionysus.
  • Lycurgus, son of Pronax, son of King Talaus of Argos, and thus, brother to Amphithea, wife of Adrastus. He was one of those who were raised from the dead by Asclepius.
  • Lycurgus, the Thespian son of Heracles and Toxicrate, daughter of King Thespius of Thespiae. Lycurgus and his 49 half-brothers were born of Thespius' daughters who were impregnated by Heracles in one night, for a week or in the course of 50 days while hunting for the Cithaeronian lion. Later on, the hero sent a message to Thespius to keep seven of these sons and send three of them in Thebes while the remaining forty, joined by Iolaus, were dispatched to the island of Sardinia to found a colony.
  • Lycurgus, a suitor of Princess Hippodamia of Pisa, Elis. Like other suitors, he was killed by the bride's father, King Oenomaus.
  • Lycurgus, another Thracian king who was the son of Boreas. He was plotted against by his brother Butes but discovering his conspiracy sent him into exile.
  • Lycurgus, alternative for Lycomedes in Homer.
  • Lycurgus, the father of Antiope in some manuscripts of the Cypria, also called Lycus, who is more usually Antiope's uncle.
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Aleus in the context of Apheidas of Arcadia

Apheidas (/əˈfdəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀφείδας) was, in Greek mythology, the son of Arcas by either Erato, Leaneira (or Laodameia), Meganeira (daughter of Crocon), or the nymph Chrysopeleia. Through this parentage, he was the brother of Elatus, Azan and Tripylus. Aphidas's children were Aleus and Stheneboea. After his father's death, Apheidas became king of Tegea.

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