Cleolaus, the
Thespian son of
Heracles and
Argele,[1] daughter of King
Thespius of
Thespiae.[2] Cleolaus and his 49 half-brothers were born of Thespius' daughters who were impregnated by Heracles in one night,[3] for a week[4] or in the course of 50 days[5] while hunting for the
Cithaeronian lion.[6] Later on, the hero sent a message to Thespius to keep seven of these sons and send three of them in
Thebes while the remaining forty, joined by
Iolaus, were dispatched to the island of
Sardinia to found a colony.[7]
Cleolaus, henchman of
Meges. He was killed by
Paris.[8]
Tzetzes, John, Book of Histories, Book II-IV translated by Gary Berkowitz from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826.
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Cleolaus, the
Thespian son of
Heracles and
Argele,[1] daughter of King
Thespius of
Thespiae.[2] Cleolaus and his 49 half-brothers were born of Thespius' daughters who were impregnated by Heracles in one night,[3] for a week[4] or in the course of 50 days[5] while hunting for the
Cithaeronian lion.[6] Later on, the hero sent a message to Thespius to keep seven of these sons and send three of them in
Thebes while the remaining forty, joined by
Iolaus, were dispatched to the island of
Sardinia to found a colony.[7]
Cleolaus, henchman of
Meges. He was killed by
Paris.[8]
Tzetzes, John, Book of Histories, Book II-IV translated by Gary Berkowitz from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826.
Online version at theio.com
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.