Cretheus

Family: mythological · Role: father of Amythaon · First appears: Book 4 · Chapter 2

Book 4, Chapter 2, names Cretheus as the father of Neleus and son of Æolus. In Book 5, Chapter 8, Amythaon is identified as his son. By Book 8, Chapter 25, Adrastus is described as the grandson of Cretheus.

Relationship record

Book 4 · Chapter 2

child: Neleus “his cousin Neleus, the son of Cretheus, the son of Æolus”
parent: Æolus “his cousin Neleus, the son of Cretheus, the son of Æolus”

Book 5 · Chapter 8

child: Amythaon “Amythaon the son of Cretheus”

Book 8 · Chapter 25

younger kin: Adrastus “Adrastus, the son of Talaus and grandson of Cretheus”
with Adrastus (interaction) “Adrastus, the son of Talaus and grandson of Cretheus”

Book 9 · Chapter 36

child: Neleus “Neleus, the son of Cretheus, who was king at Pylos”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.