Ætolus

Role: king · First appears: Book 5 · Chapter 1

In Book 5, Chapter 1, Ætolus is named as one of the sons of Endymion, alongside Pæon and Epeus, with Eurycyde as their sister. After Epeus he became king; at the funeral games for Azan, he accidentally killed Apis by driving over him in his chariot. The sons of Apis indicted him for the involuntary killing, and Ætolus fled the Peloponnese.

Relationship record

Book 5 · Chapter 1

• parent: Endymion “Endymion married Asterodia, others say Chromia the daughter of Itonus the son of Amphictyon, others say Hyperippe the daughter of Arcas, and had three sons, Pæon and Epeus and Ætolus, and one daughter Eurycyde.”
• siblings with Pæon “Endymion married Asterodia, others say Chromia the daughter of Itonus the son of Amphictyon, others say Hyperippe the daughter of Arcas, and had three sons, Pæon and Epeus and Ætolus, and one daughter Eurycyde.”
• siblings with Epeus “Endymion married Asterodia, others say Chromia the daughter of Itonus the son of Amphictyon, others say Hyperippe the daughter of Arcas, and had three sons, Pæon and Epeus and Ætolus, and one daughter Eurycyde.”
• siblings with Eurycyde “Endymion married Asterodia, others say Chromia the daughter of Itonus the son of Amphictyon, others say Hyperippe the daughter of Arcas, and had three sons, Pæon and Epeus and Ætolus, and one daughter Eurycyde.”
• with Apis (Ætolus accidentally killed Apis.) “For Apis the son of Jason, a native of Pallantium in Arcadia, was killed by Ætolus’ driving over him in his chariot at the funeral games in memory of Azan.”

Book 5 · Chapter 3

• parent: Endymion (Parent-to-child.) “Ætolus the son of Endymion”

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