Auge
Family: Arcadians · Role: daughter of Aleus · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 4
Auge was the daughter of Aleus and sister to Lycurgus, Amphidamas and Cepheus. In the account attributed to Hecatæus, Hercules had an intrigue with her at Tegea; when her pregnancy was discovered, Aleus put her and the child in a chest and sent it adrift at sea. Another account says that Hercules violated her near a spring north of Athene’s temple.
At the sea, Aleus ordered Nauplius to drown Auge. She secretly gave birth to Telephus on Mount Parthenium, where he was exposed and suckled by a doe. Auge later came to Teuthras in Mysia, where he fell in love with her and married her; she bore a son described as “most like” Hercules.
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)
- Hercules violated Auge near a spring north of Athene’s temple.(Book 8 · Chapter 47)
- With: Hercules
- “near which they say Auge was violated by Hercules”
- Aleus ordered Nauplius to drown Auge in the sea.(Book 8 · Chapter 48 · 📍 the sea)
- Auge secretly gave birth to Telephus, who was exposed and suckled by a doe.(Book 8 · Chapter 48 · 📍 Mount Parthenium)
- With: Telephus
- “which states that Auge gave birth to Telephus unbeknown to her father, and that he was exposed on Mount Parthenium and suckled by a doe”
- Auge bore a son resembling Hercules more than any other woman associated with him.(Book 10 · Chapter 28 · 📍 Mysia)
- With: Hercules
- “Auge came to Teuthras in Mysia, and, of all the women who consorted with Hercules, bare a son most like him.”
Book 8 · Chapter 4
- parent: Aleus “And Aleus had three sons, Lycurgus and Amphidamas and Cepheus, and one daughter Auge.”
- with Hercules (interaction) “Hercules, when he came to Tegea, had an intrigue with this Auge”
- married with Teuthras “And she got safely to Teuthras, a man of substance in the plain of Caicus, and he fell in love with her and married her.”
- siblings with Lycurgus “And Aleus had three sons, Lycurgus and Amphidamas and Cepheus, and one daughter Auge.”
- siblings with Amphidamas “And Aleus had three sons, Lycurgus and Amphidamas and Cepheus, and one daughter Auge.”
- siblings with Cepheus “And Aleus had three sons, Lycurgus and Amphidamas and Cepheus, and one daughter Auge.”
Book 8 · Chapter 47
- with Hercules (Hercules violated Auge.) “near which they say Auge was violated by Hercules”
- with Hecatæus (Hecatæus gave an account concerning Auge.) “though their legend differs from that of Hecatæus about her”
Book 8 · Chapter 48
- parent: Aleus “Aleus ordered Nauplius to take his daughter Auge and drown her in the sea”
- child: Telephus “Auge gave birth to Telephus unbeknown to her father”
- with Nauplius (Nauplius was ordered to take Auge to the sea and drown her.) “Aleus ordered Nauplius to take his daughter Auge and drown her in the sea”
Book 10 · Chapter 28
- with Teuthras (Auge came to Teuthras in Mysia.) “Auge came to Teuthras in Mysia, and, of all the women who consorted with Hercules, bare a son most like him.”
- with Hercules (Auge consorted with Hercules.) “Auge came to Teuthras in Mysia, and, of all the women who consorted with Hercules, bare a son most like him.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.