Achæus
Role: son of Xuthus · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 6
Achæus was the son of Xuthus and brother of Ion. After Xuthus went to Ægialus, Achæus took an army from Ægialus and Athens, returned to Thessaly, and reclaimed his ancestral throne. He had two sons, Archander and Architeles.
Relationship record
Life events
- Achæus reclaimed his ancestral throne in Thessaly with an army from Ægialus and Athens.(Book 7 · Chapter 1 · 📍 Thessaly)
- “And of his sons Achæus took an army from Ægialus and Athens and returned to Thessaly, and took possession of the throne of his ancestors,”
Book 2 · Chapter 6
- child: Archander “Archander and Architeles, the sons of Achæus”
- child: Architeles “Archander and Architeles, the sons of Achæus”
Book 7 · Chapter 1
- parent: Xuthus “And he fled to Athens, and was thought worthy to marry the daughter of Erechtheus, and he had by her two sons Achæus and Ion.”
- siblings with Ion “And he fled to Athens, and was thought worthy to marry the daughter of Erechtheus, and he had by her two sons Achæus and Ion.”
- child: Archander “Archander and Architeles, the sons of Achæus, came to Argos from Phthiotis and became the sons in law of Danaus,”
- child: Architeles “Archander and Architeles, the sons of Achæus, came to Argos from Phthiotis and became the sons in law of Danaus,”
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