< Ceyx, son of Actor >

1 Origin

Ceyx was born in Phthia, Thessaly, in 1273 BC.

Ceyx's father was probably Actor, son of Myrmidon, for the following reasons:

1) Trachis, where Ceyx lived, was a town of the Myrmidons.

2) There is no generational contradiction if Ceyx is the son of Actor.

Ceyx is presumed to have migrated from Phthia, where his father Actor lived, across the Spercheius River, to the vicinity of Mount Oeta, and founded Trachis.

2 Family

Ceyx had a son, Hippasus.

Ceyx had a daughter, Themistinoe.

2.1 Ceyx's wife

Ceyx's wife was probably Aenianian, for the following reasons:

1) Ceyx led the Melians.

2) Around the time Ceyx migrated, the Aenianians also migrated from Dotium to the area near Mount Oeta.

In other words, Ceyx was a member of the Myrmidons, but most of the inhabitants of Trachis were Melians, and it is assumed that they were a branch of the Aenianians.

It is believed that Ceyx married the daughter of the Melians' leader and succeeded his father-in-law as leader of the Melians.

3 Others

Trachis was already in ruins when the Gauls invaded Greece in the 3rd century BC.