Aethlius
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- For the writer of this name, see Aethlius (writer).
Aethlius (Ancient Greek: Αέθλιος) was, in Greek mythology, the first king of Elis,[1] father of Endymion.[2] He was the son of either Zeus and Protogeneia (daughter of Deucalion),[3][4] and was married to Calyce. According to some accounts, Endymion was himself a son of Zeus and first king of Elis.[5] Other traditions again made Aethlius a son of Aeolus, who was called by the name of Zeus.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ Pausanias, v. 1. § 2
- ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), “Aethlius (1)”, in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, MA, pp. 51
- ^ Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus), i. 7. § 2
- ^ Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae 155
- ^ Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus), i. 7. § 5.
- ^ Pausanias, v. 8. § 1.
[edit] Sources
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).
