< Autesion, son of Tisamenus >

1 Origin

Autesion was born in Thebes in 1170 BC.

Autesion's father was Tisamenus, son of Thersander. [Herod.6.52, Paus.9.5.15]

2 Family

Autesion had a son, Theras. [Herod.4.147, Paus.3.1.7]

Autesion had a daughter, Argeia. [Apo.2.8.2, Herod.6.52]

3 Others

3.1 Departure from Thebes

In 1126 BC, the Boeotians, led by Damasichthon, son of Opheltes, attacked Thebes. [Paus.9.5.16]

Autesion was unable to resist the Boeotians and surrendered the city. [Paus.9.5.15]

Thebes, founded by Cadmus, about 300 years later, came to be ruled by the Boeotians, a tribe of Aeolis.

3.2 Migration to Doris

In 1126 BC, Autesion migrated to the land of the Dorians. [Paus.9.5.15]

Aristomachus, the son of Cleodaeus, the son of Hyllus, the son of Heracles, lived in Pindus in Doris. [Herod.7.204]

Hipponome, the mother of Amphitryon, father of Heracles, was the daughter of Menoeceus, a descendant of Cadmus, and Aristomachus and Autesion had Cadmus as their common ancestor.