Biographical dictionary of ancient Greeks

< Aeolus, son of Hellen >

1 Origin

In 1490 BC, Aeolus was born in Pyrrha of Thessaly.

Aeolus' father was Hellen, son of Deucalion.

Aeolus' mother was Orseis (or Phthia).

2 Family

Aeolus' wife was Aegiale.

Aeolus had five sons: Mimas, Cretheus, Hypseus, Sisyphus, and Athamas.

Aeolus' descendants came to be called the Aeolians (or Aeolis).

3 Others

In 1470 BC, Aeolus, along with other siblings, expelled his brother Xuthus.

Aeolus had other brothers, Phagrus and Meliteus, in addition to Xuthus and Dorus.

Meliteus was the founder of Melitaea.

< Aeolus, son of Hippotes >

1 Origin

In 1432 BC, Aeolus was born in Arne of Thessaly.

His father was Hippotes, son of Mimas.

2 Family

Aeolus had ten sons and three daughters by five wives.

The names of Aeolus' wives were Enarete, Protogenia, Thyia, Stilbe, and Iphis (or Iphys).

The names of Aeolus' sons were Andreus (or Minyas), Deion (or Deioneus), Macareus, Aethlius, Perieres, Macedon, Magnes, Lapithus (or Lapithes), Salmoneus, and Cretheus.

The names of Aeolus' daughters were Melanippe (or Arne, Antiopa), Calyce, and Canace.

3 Others

3.1 Expulsion of the Pelasgians

In 1390 BC, a huge tsunami occurred in the Aegean Sea and hit eastern Thessaly. The Pelasgians who lived in that area swept into the area inhabited by the Aeolians. Melanippe, the daughter of Aeolus, who lived in Itonus, was abducted and carried off by the Pelasgians.

Aeolus, together with Amphictyon, father of Itonus, husband of Melanippe, and his brothers, rallied his people and drove the Pelasgians out of Thessaly.

3.2 Successor of Aeolus

Aeolus had many sons, but no one to succeed Arne.

At one time, Aeolus adopted Epopeus, son of Aloeus, from Sicyon.

However, in 1370 BC, Boeotus, son of Melanippe, returned to Arne from Italy with his mother Melanippe and succeeded Aeolus.

< Aeolus, son of Melanippe >

1 Origin

In 1389 BC, Aeolus was born in Metapontium in the southern part of the Italian peninsula.

Aeolus' mother was Melanippe, the daughter of Aeolus, the son of Hippotes.

Melanippe married Itonus, the son of Amphictyon, who lived in Itonus of Thessaly.

In 1390 BC, Melanippe was abducted by Dius the Pelasgian and taken to Metapontium, where Aeolus was born.

It is assumed that Aeolus' father was Dius, not Itonus.

2 Family

Aeolus married Cyane, the daughter of Liparus, who lived on the island of Lipara, northeast of Sicily, and ruled the area around the island.

Liparus had been driven out of the Italian peninsula by his brothers and had moved to Lipara, but he wanted to return to the Italian peninsula. Aeolus helped Liparus settle near Surrentum (now Sorrento) at the entrance to the Crater Gulf (now the Gulf of Naples).

One of Aeolus' sons, Astyochus, inherited the island of Liparus, while the other sons settled on the northern coast of Sicily and on the southern tip of the Italian peninsula.

3 Others

In 1370 BC, Aeolus' brother Boeotus returned with his mother Melanippe to Arne in Thessaly, where Melanippe's father Aeolus lived.

< Aeolus, son of Lapithus >

1 Origin

In 1367 BC, Aeolus was born near the Peneius River in northern Thessaly.

In ancient sources, this Aeolus is mistakenly identified as Aeolus, son of Hellen.

2 Family

Aeolus had a son, Cercaphus, who married Eupolemeia, daughter of Myrmidon.

Aeolus had a son, Perieres, who married Gorgophone, daughter of Perseus.

Aeolus had a daughter, Pisidice, who married Myrmidon.

Aeolus had a daughter, Perimede, who married Achelous.

Melaneus, who founded Oechalia in Messenia, is also thought to have been Aeolus' son.

3 Others

Aeolus' father is presumed to be Lapithus, son of Aeolus, the eponym of Lapiths, for the following reasons.

1) Ormenus, the son of Cercaphus, son of Aeolus, and his son Amyntor were attacked and killed by Heracles.

Also, Cycnus (or Cygnus), the son of Aethalides, son of Cercaphus, was attacked and killed by Heracles.

The battle with Ormenus and Cycnus occurred during the battle between Heracles and the Lapiths, and it is believed that Ormenus and Cycnus were members of the Lapiths.

Therefore, it is believed that Aeolus, the father of their father Cercaphus, was also a member of the Lapiths.

2) When creating a family tree, the birth year difference between Aeolus and Lapithus, the ancestor of the Lapiths, is only 20 years.

In other words, it is assumed that Aeolus was the son of Lapithus.

< Aeolus, son of Oeoclus >

1 Origin

In 1334 BC, Aeolus was born in Ascra of Boeotia.

2 Family

Aeolus had a daughter, Tanagra, who is said to be the daughter of the river god Asopus.

Tanagra's husband was Poemander, son of Chaeresilaus, son of Iasius, son of Eleuther, son of Aethusa.

Poemander's birth year is estimated to be 1300 BC, and Aeolus, who was born close to Tanagra's father Aeolus, was Aeolus, the son of Lapithus. However, Lapithus' son Aeolus lived near the Peneius River in northern Thessaly. There is no Asopus River in northern Thessaly, so it is not appropriate to consider him the river god Asopus.

Homer reports that Sisyphus, the father of Glaucus, father of Bellerophontes, was also fathered by Aeolus.

Sisyphus' birth date is estimated at 1300 BC, which is not contradicted by the fact that his father Aeolus was the father of Tanagra.

From the following, it is assumed that the father of Aeolus, father of Tanagra, was Oeoclus, son of Ascra.

1) Sisyphus was the king of Corinth who succeeded Jason.

2) Since Sisyphus, son of Aeolus, founded Ephyra (later Corinth), the descendants of the founder Sisyphus became kings of Corinth. Jason became king of Corinth in place of Medea, a descendant of Sisyphus.

3) Ascra is assumed to be the daughter of Aloeus, son of Aloeus, son of Sisyphus, son of Aeolus.

4) Oeoclus founded Ascra in Boeotia with Aloeus' sons, Otus and Ephialtes.

Otus' father Aloeus was the son of Aloeus, father of Ascra, and Oeoclus and Otus were cousins.

5) Near Ascra was the source of the Asopus River, which flows from west to east in Boeotia.

3 Other

According to legend, the river god Asopus had many daughters, including those of Asopus in Sicyon and Locris.

In addition to Tanagra, the daughters of river god Asopus in Boeotia included Plataea and Thespia (or Thespeia).

Plataea and Thespia are also presumed to be the daughters of Aeolus, the son of Oeoclus.

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