Azan, king of Azania in
Arcadia and the son of King
Arcas and the
DryadErato[1] or
Leanira,[2][3] brother of
Apheidas,
Elatus and
Hyperippe. Azan was the father of
Cleitor and
Coronis, mother of
Asclepius by
Apollo.[4] When Azan and his brothers grew up, their father Arcas divided the land between them into three parts: Azan received the district which was named after him, to Apheidas fell
Tegea and Elatus got
Mount Cyllene, which down to that time had received no name.[5] When Azan died, the first funeral games in history were held in his honor.[6] It was at these games that
Aetolus accidentally killed
Apis.[7] Azan's heir to the throne was his son Cleitor but he was childless, thus succeeded by
Aepytus, son of Elatus.[8]
Fowler, Robert L., Early Greek Mythography. Volume 2: Commentary. Oxford University Press. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom. 2013.
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Azan, king of Azania in
Arcadia and the son of King
Arcas and the
DryadErato[1] or
Leanira,[2][3] brother of
Apheidas,
Elatus and
Hyperippe. Azan was the father of
Cleitor and
Coronis, mother of
Asclepius by
Apollo.[4] When Azan and his brothers grew up, their father Arcas divided the land between them into three parts: Azan received the district which was named after him, to Apheidas fell
Tegea and Elatus got
Mount Cyllene, which down to that time had received no name.[5] When Azan died, the first funeral games in history were held in his honor.[6] It was at these games that
Aetolus accidentally killed
Apis.[7] Azan's heir to the throne was his son Cleitor but he was childless, thus succeeded by
Aepytus, son of Elatus.[8]
Fowler, Robert L., Early Greek Mythography. Volume 2: Commentary. Oxford University Press. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom. 2013.
ISBN978-0-19-814741-1
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.