Ileus

Family: Greek · Role: father of Aias · First appears: The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100

Ileus is described as the beloved of Apollo, “the lord Apollo, son of Zeus.” In the Sack of Ilium, he is named as the father of Locrian Aias, who faced a Greek decision to stone him but escaped by taking refuge at Athena’s altar.

Relationship record

Life events

• Aias faced a Greek decision to stone him, then escaped by taking refuge at Athena’s altar.(The Sack of Ilium · 📍 the altar of Athena)
  • With: Locrian Aias
  • “The Greeks are so enraged that they determine to stone Aias, who only escapes from the danger threatening him by taking refuge at the altar of Athena.”

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100

• courtship with Apollo “Ileus whom the lord Apollo, son of Zeus, loved.”

The Sack of Ilium

• child: Locrian Aias “Aias the son of Ileus”

Also listed in Greek — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of Hesiod and Homerica. Made with Rho MD.