Aleus
Family: Arcadians · Role: son of Aphidas and king · First appears: Book 5 · Chapter 5
Aleus, son of Aphidas, became king after Æpytus. According to tradition, he founded Alea; he had three sons, Lycurgus, Amphidamas and Cepheus, and a daughter, Auge. The town of Caphyæ was named after Cepheus.
At Tegea, when Auge’s pregnancy by Hercules was discovered, Aleus put her and the child in a chest and let it drift out to sea. Another account says he ordered Nauplius to take Auge and drown her. After Aleus’s death, his eldest son Lycurgus succeeded him as king.
Relationship record
Life events
- Auge’s pregnancy by Hercules was discovered, and Aleus cast her and the child into the sea.(Book 8 · Chapter 4 · 📍 Tegea)
- Lycurgus succeeded Aleus as king because he was the eldest son.(Book 8 · Chapter 4 · 📍 Arcadia)
- With: Lycurgus
- “And after the death of Aleus Lycurgus his son succeeded to the kingdom by virtue of being the eldest.”
- Aleus founded Alea, according to tradition.(Book 8 · Chapter 23 · 📍 Athene)
- With: Aphidas
- “Alea a town in the Argolic league, founded they say by Aleus the son of Aphidas.”
- Caphyæ was named after Cepheus, son of Aleus.(Book 8 · Chapter 23 · 📍 Caphyæ)
- With: Cepheus
- “The town gets its name clearly from Cepheus the son of Aleus”
- Aleus ordered Nauplius to drown Auge in the sea.(Book 8 · Chapter 48 · 📍 the sea)
Book 5 · Chapter 5
- child: Lycurgus “the tomb of Lycurgus the son of Aleus”
Book 8 · Chapter 4
- parent: Aphidas “and Aphidas had a son called Aleus”
- with Æpytus (son of Elatus) (interaction) “And Æpytus was succeeded in the kingdom by Aleus”
- child: Lycurgus “And Aleus had three sons, Lycurgus and Amphidamas and Cepheus, and one daughter Auge.”
- child: Amphidamas “And Aleus had three sons, Lycurgus and Amphidamas and Cepheus, and one daughter Auge.”
- child: Cepheus “And Aleus had three sons, Lycurgus and Amphidamas and Cepheus, and one daughter Auge.”
- child: Auge “And Aleus had three sons, Lycurgus and Amphidamas and Cepheus, and one daughter Auge.”
Book 8 · Chapter 5
- child: Cepheus “Echemus, the son of Aeropus the son of Cepheus the son of Aleus, became king of the Arcadians.”
Book 8 · Chapter 8
- child: Cepheus “Antinoe, the daughter of Cepheus the son of Aleus”
Book 8 · Chapter 23
- parent: Aphidas (Aphidas is Aleus's father.) “founded they say by Aleus the son of Aphidas.”
- child: Cepheus (Aleus is Cepheus's father.) “The town gets its name clearly from Cepheus the son of Aleus, but the name Caphyæ has prevailed through the Arcadian dialect.”
Book 8 · Chapter 44
- child: Cepheus “Aerope, the daughter of Cepheus the son of Aleus”
Book 8 · Chapter 47
- child: Cepheus (Aleus was Cepheus's father.) “say that it was a boon of Athene to Cepheus, the son of Aleus”
Book 8 · Chapter 48
- child: Auge “Aleus ordered Nauplius to take his daughter Auge and drown her in the sea”
- with Nauplius (Aleus ordered Nauplius to carry out the drowning of Auge.) “Aleus ordered Nauplius to take his daughter Auge and drown her in the sea”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.