About Attarisiya

Introduction

Attarisiya was the oldest Greek recorded in the Hittites.

Recorded in the Hittite document, the Indictment of Madduwatta.

There is no way that someone strong enough to fight Hittite would not appear in the lineage of ancient Greeks, and when I researched it, I found the following person to be Attarisiya.

1. Person who fall under Attarisiya

Ancaeus, son of Astypalaea, daughter of Phoenix, son of Agenor.

Ancaeus is estimated to have been born in 1424 BC.

Ancaeus was related to Miletus, Cyprus, and Cydonia (in Crete), and had a genealogical link to Atreus of Mycenae.

2. Relationship with Miletus

In 1425 BC, Phoenix's daughter Astypalaea, who was among the Cadmus emigrants, married Acmon (or Celmis, Damnameneus, Ideaan Heracles) from Aptera in northwestern Crete. [1]

Acmon, with his four brothers, emigrated from Crete to Cheronesus on the opposite shore of Rhodes, drove out the Carians, and founded five towns. [2]

135 years before this, Cyrnus, who was among the emigrants of Xanthus, son of Triopas, had founded Cyrnus in Cheronesus on the opposite shore of Rhodes. [3]

Ten years after the settlement of Acmon, Triopas, the son of Erysichthon from Rhodos, founded Triopion on the peninsula of Cnidus on the opposite shore of Rhodes. [4]

Ancaeus, son of Acmon and Astypalaea, became king of the Leleges. [5]

The Leleges are considered to be a tribe of Carians, but they are thought to be Greeks who are a hybrid of Carians. [6]

Ancaeus married Samia, who lived in Miletus, where the river Maeander flows. [7]

Samia was probably the daughter of Carians and a prisoner of war, and Ancaeus ruled over the Greeks and Carians who lived from Cheronesus to Miletus. [8]

Miletus was the residence of the Leleges. [9]

Miletus was called Lelegeis in ancient times. [10]

During the Trojan War, the Leleges' settlement extended into the Troas region. [11]

3. Relationship with Cyprus

In 1438 BC, iron was discovered by chance during a forest fire on Mount Ida in Crete. [12]

The discoverers were Celmis and Damnameneus. [13]

They lived in Aptera in the region of Berecynthus and were called the Ideaan Dactyls. [14]

Celmis and Damnameneus discovered iron in Cyprus. [15]

Celmis and Damnameneus were the uncles of Acmon, also called Idaean Heracles. [16]

4. Relationship with Cydonia

In 1425 BC, Astypalaea's sister Europa, who was in the Cadmus emigrants with Ancaeus' mother Astypalaea, married Cydon, son of Tegeates, who lived in Cydonia near Aptera. [17]

Cydon migrated from Tegea in Arcadia to Crete and founded Cydonia in 1430 BC. [18]

Cardys, the son of Cydon, lived in Cydonia and married a daughter of Acmon, and had a son, Clymenus. [19]

Cardys and the daughter of Acmon were cousins, having a common grandfather, Phoenix, son of Agenor.

Ancaeus and Cardys were also stepbrothers and cousins.

When the Acmon brothers migrated from Aptera in Crete to Cherronesus, it is assumed that many people from nearby Cydonia also joined.

5. Relationship with Atreus of Mycenae

The father of Tantalus, the father of Pelops, the father of Atreus, is presumed to be Clymenus, the son of Cardys and the daughter of Acmon. [20]

In other words, Atreus and Ancaeus were members of the same family, with Acmon (Idaean Heracles) as their common ancestor.

6. Genealogy of Ancaeus

Ancaeus' father, Acmon, was an Idaean Dactyl and a race of Telchines. [21]

The Telchines were founded by Telchin, son of Aegialeus of Aegialeia (later Sicyon).

In 1690 BC, the Telchines lost a battle with Apis of Argos and migrated to Crete, led by Telchin's son Cres. [22]

Telchin's father Aegialeus was the son of Inachus, the founder of Argos, and brother of Phoroneus. [23]

Agenor, the father of Phoenix, the father of Astypalaea, the mother of Ancaeus, was the brother of Belus, the father of Danaus of Argos, and their ancestor was Inachus, the father of Phoroneus. [24]

In other words, Ancaeus was descended from Inachus, the founder of Argos, on both his paternal and maternal sides.

7. Military action against Cyprus

Attarisiya went on an expedition to Alashiya (Cyprus), and events that seem to be related to this are recorded in ancient Greek historical sources.

In 1410 BC, Sandocus, son of Astynous, migrated from Tyre in Phoenicia to Cilicia and founded Celenderis. [25]

Astynous was the son of Phaethon, son of Tithonus, son of Cephalus, son of Herse, daughter of Cecrops, first king of Athens. [26]

Searching for a place to settle with Sandocus, Pygmalion founded Carpasia in the northeastern part of Cyprus. [27]

In 1390 BC, Cinyras, son of Sandocus, migrated from Celenderis in Cilicia to the southwest coast of Cyprus and founded Palaepaphos. [28]

These migrations are presumed to be related to Attarisiya's military operations.

Phoenix, the father of Astypalaea, the mother of Ancaeus (Attarisiya), was king of Tyre in Phoenicia. [29]

Phoenix's wife Perimede is thought to be a descendant of Cecrops' daughter Herse, and Sandocus and Astypalaea are presumed to have been first cousins or second cousins.

Thus Ancaeus and Sandocus, and his son Cinyras, were related.

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