Cepheus
Family: Arcadians · Role: son of Aleus · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 4
Cepheus was the son of Aleus and brother of Lycurgus, Amphidamas, and Auge. His descendants included Aeropus, father of Echemus, and his daughters were Antinoe and Aerope.
At Caphyæ, the town was named after Cepheus. When refugees expelled from Athens by Ægeus fled to Arcadia, they asked Cepheus for permission to settle there. At Tegea, Athene granted him protection so the city would never be captured, giving him one of Medusa’s locks as protection for it.
Relationship record
Life events
- Caphyæ was named after Cepheus, son of Aleus.(Book 8 · Chapter 23 · 📍 Caphyæ)
- With: Aleus
- “The town gets its name clearly from Cepheus the son of Aleus”
- Refugees from Attica fled to Arcadia and sought Cepheus’s permission to settle there.(Book 8 · Chapter 23 · 📍 Caphyæ)
- “they were expelled by Ægeus from Athens and fled to Arcadia, and supplicated Cepheus to allow them to dwell there.”
- Athene granted Cepheus protection ensuring that Tegea would never be captured.(Book 8 · Chapter 47 · 📍 Tegea)
- With: Athene
- “say that it was a boon of Athene to Cepheus, the son of Aleus, that Tegea should never be captured”
- Athene cut off one of Medusa’s locks and gave it to Cepheus as protection.(Book 8 · Chapter 47 · 📍 Tegea)
Book 8 · Chapter 4
- parent: Aleus “And Aleus had three sons, Lycurgus and Amphidamas and Cepheus, and one daughter Auge.”
- siblings with Lycurgus “And Aleus had three sons, Lycurgus and Amphidamas and Cepheus”
- siblings with Amphidamas “And Aleus had three sons, Lycurgus and Amphidamas and Cepheus”
- siblings with Auge “And Aleus had three sons, Lycurgus and Amphidamas and Cepheus, and one daughter Auge.”
Book 8 · Chapter 5
- child: Aeropus “Echemus, the son of Aeropus the son of Cepheus the son of Aleus, became king of the Arcadians.”
- parent: Aleus “Echemus, the son of Aeropus the son of Cepheus the son of Aleus, became king of the Arcadians.”
Book 8 · Chapter 8
- child: Antinoe “Antinoe, the daughter of Cepheus the son of Aleus”
- parent: Aleus “Antinoe, the daughter of Cepheus the son of Aleus”
Book 8 · Chapter 9
- child: Antinoe (Cepheus is Antinoe's father.) “they say Antinoe the daughter of Cepheus lies here.”
Book 8 · Chapter 23
- parent: Aleus (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
- parent: Aleus “Aerope, the daughter of Cepheus the son of Aleus”
- child: Aerope “Ares had an intrigue with Aerope, the daughter of Cepheus the son of Aleus”
Book 8 · Chapter 47
- parent: Aleus (Aleus was Cepheus's father.) “say that it was a boon of Athene to Cepheus, the son of Aleus”
- with Athene (Athene granted Cepheus protection for Tegea.) “say that it was a boon of Athene to Cepheus, the son of Aleus, that Tegea should never be captured”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.