Auge

First appears: Apollodorus, Library 2.7

Life events

• Auge secretly gave birth to Telephus, who was exposed but preserved and raised by shepherds.(Apollodorus, Library 2.7 · 📍 Mount Parthenius)
  • With: Aleus Telephus
  • “And she brought forth her babe secretly and deposited it in the precinct of Athena. But the country being wasted by a pestilence, Aleus entered the precinct and on investigation discovered his daughter's motherhood. So he exposed the babe on Mount Parthenius, and by the providence of the gods it was preserved: for a doe that had just cast her fawn gave it suck, and shepherds took up the babe and called it Telephus.”
• Hercules seduced Auge, who concealed her baby in Athena’s precinct.(Apollodorus, Library 3.9 · 📍 precinct of Athena)
  • With: Heracles
  • “Auge was seduced by Hercules and hid her babe in the precinct of Athena”
• Auge was discovered and delivered by Aleus to Nauplius for execution.(Apollodorus, Library 3.9)
  • With: Aleus Nauplius
  • “she was detected and delivered by her father to Nauplius to be put to death”
• Teuthras received and married Auge.(Apollodorus, Library 3.9 · 📍 Mysia)
  • With: Teuthras
  • “from him Teuthras, prince of Mysia , received and married her”

Apollodorus, Library 2.7

• parent: Aleus (parent->child) “not knowing her to be a daughter of Aleus.”
• child: Telephus (parent->child) “by Auge, daughter of Aleus, he had Telephus”
• married with Teuthras “Nauplius gave her to Teuthras, the prince of Teuthrania, who made her his wife.”
• with Nauplius (interaction) “And her father gave Auge to Nauplius, son of Poseidon, to sell far away in a foreign land; and Nauplius gave her to Teuthras”

Apollodorus, Library 3.9

• parent: Neaera “And Aleus had a daughter Auge and two sons, Cepheus and Lycurgus, by Neaera, daughter of Pereus.”
• with Heracles (Hercules seduced Auge.) “Auge was seduced by Hercules and hid her babe in the precinct of Athena, whose priesthood she held.”
• with Athena (Auge held the priesthood of Athena.) “Auge was seduced by Hercules and hid her babe in the precinct of Athena, whose priesthood she held.”

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Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.