Azeus

Role: youngest son of Clymenus · First appears: Book 9 · Chapter 37

In Book 9, Chapter 37, Azeus is named as the youngest son of Clymenus, after Erginus, Stratius, Arrho, and Pyleus. “And Erginus was the eldest son of Clymenus, and next came Stratius and Arrho and Pyleus, and the youngest Azeus.”

At Thebes, Erginus and his brothers defeated the Thebans and imposed a yearly tax for Clymenus’s murder. Azeus is also named as the father of Astyoche, whose children by Ares were Ascalaphus and Ialmenus.

Relationship record

Life events

• Erginus and his brothers defeated Thebes, imposing a yearly tax for Clymenus’s murder.(Book 9 · Chapter 37 · 📍 Thebes)
  • With: Erginus Stratius Arrho Pyleus
  • “And forthwith he and his brothers collected an army and marched against Thebes, and defeated the Thebans in an engagement, and from that time the Thebans agreed to pay a yearly tax for the murder of Clymenus.”

Book 9 · Chapter 37

• parent: Clymenus (son of Presbon) “Ascalaphus and Ialmenus, who were reputed to be the sons of Ares by Astyoche, (the daughter of Azeus the son of Clymenus)”
• siblings with Erginus “And Erginus was the eldest son of Clymenus, and next came Stratius and Arrho and Pyleus, and the youngest Azeus.”
• siblings with Stratius “And Erginus was the eldest son of Clymenus, and next came Stratius and Arrho and Pyleus, and the youngest Azeus.”
• siblings with Arrho “And Erginus was the eldest son of Clymenus, and next came Stratius and Arrho and Pyleus, and the youngest Azeus.”
• siblings with Pyleus “And Erginus was the eldest son of Clymenus, and next came Stratius and Arrho and Pyleus, and the youngest Azeus.”
• child: Astyoche “Astyoche, (the daughter of Azeus the son of Clymenus)”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.