Eleius, son of
Poseidon and
Eurycyda. When
Aetolus, his maternal uncle, was sent into exile, Eleius became king of the Epeans (who had received their original name from his other uncle,
Epeius) and renamed his people the Eleans after himself, and the land was accordingly named
Elis. He had a son
Augeas.[1]
Eleius, a descendant of the precedent (the lineage is as follows: Eleius I - Augeas -
Agasthenes -
Polyxenus -
Amphimachus - Eleius II), and also king of Elis. It was during his reign that the
Heracleidae assembled under the leadership of
Aristomachus' sons to attempt to return to
Peloponnesus.[2]
Eleius, son of
Tantalus and another possible eponym of Elis.[3]
Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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.
Eleius, son of
Poseidon and
Eurycyda. When
Aetolus, his maternal uncle, was sent into exile, Eleius became king of the Epeans (who had received their original name from his other uncle,
Epeius) and renamed his people the Eleans after himself, and the land was accordingly named
Elis. He had a son
Augeas.[1]
Eleius, a descendant of the precedent (the lineage is as follows: Eleius I - Augeas -
Agasthenes -
Polyxenus -
Amphimachus - Eleius II), and also king of Elis. It was during his reign that the
Heracleidae assembled under the leadership of
Aristomachus' sons to attempt to return to
Peloponnesus.[2]
Eleius, son of
Tantalus and another possible eponym of Elis.[3]
Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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.