Houses of Arcadia
By Jimmy Joe
Genealogy:
- • Greek Pantheon
- • Aeolids 1 (Thessaly & Messenia)
- • Aeolids 2 (Corinth & Orchomenus)
- • House of Elis (Aeolids 4)
- • House of Calydon (Aeolids 3)
- • Lapith House of Thessaly
- • Early House of Argos
- • House of Argos (Proëtids and Aeolids)
- • House of Perseus (Mycenae and Tiryns)
- • Houses of Thebes & Crete
- • House of Pelops
- • House of Sparta
- • House of Odysseus
- • Descendants of Aeacus
- • Houses of Athens
- • Houses of Arcadia
- • House of Troy and Dardania
- • The Pleiades (The Atlantids)
- • Children of Helius
- • Houses of the Seers
- • Houses of the Rome
- • Giants and Monsters
- • Roman Pantheon
Arcadia
Arcadia was a large central region of the Peloponnesus. Arcadia was landlocked and mountainous. Either Pelasgus or his son Lycaon were said to be the first ruler of Arcadia. The region was named after Lycaon's grandson, Arcas, the son of Zeus and ...
August 8th, 1999
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Jimmy Joe
Royal Houses
In ancient Greece, a city would dominate the surrounding countryside. More powerful cities would have a citadel situated in a strategic position in the city, generally on higher ground. Within these walled strongholds, temples were built for the w...
April 24th, 1999
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Jimmy Joe
Houses of Argolis
Argolis was a region in northeastern Peloponnesus. There, several powerful cities were built on the Plain of Argolis: Argos, Tiryns and Mycenae. The myths that are about to be unfolded, were set in these cities. The stories involved the descendant...
April 24th, 1999
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Jimmy Joe
Tegea
Tegea was a city in southeastern Arcadia. In the time of Aleüs and his descendants, it was the capital of Arcadia. Lycurgus and his brothers, Cephalus and Amphidamas, ruled Tegea and Arcadia together. Lycurgus' brothers and his son Ancaeüs were Ar...
August 8th, 1999
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Jimmy Joe
Houses of Athens
The first family tree shows only two early kings of Attica. At the time, Attica was originally called either Acte or Actaea, after Actaeus. His son-in-law, Cecrops, succeeded him, and the new king renamed the entire region to Cecropia. The second ...
July 28th, 1999
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Jimmy Joe
House of Argos (Proëtids and Aeolids)
The family tree that you see above contains the link between Proetus and the Aeolids, Melampus and Bias. Their descendants would become involved in two wars against Thebes (Seven Against Thebes and the Epigoni), before the Trojan War. I wasn't abl...
July 28th, 1999
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Jimmy Joe
House of Athens
Athens was the principal city of the region of Attica. The city was dominated by the citadel on top of the hill called the Acropolis. Athens would play an important role in ancient history during the Classical period (500-332 BC), when it became t...
January 13th, 2001
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Jimmy Joe
House of Elis & Calydon
The House of Elis and the House of Calydon belonged to the Aeolids. The Aeolids were descendants of Aeolus, a king from Thessaly. The Aeolids established powerful kingdoms and dynasties in many part of Greece. House of Elis House of CalydonHouse o...
May 12th, 2001
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Jimmy Joe
Early House of Argos
House of Inachus Early House of ArgosHouse of Inachus The genealogy displayed above shows the common ancestry of the Houses of Argos, Thebes and Crete, as it can be seen by the three different colours (eg. Argos is cyan and green, Thebes/Crete in ...
July 28th, 1999
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Jimmy Joe
Arcas: The Greek Mythology of the Legendary King of the Arcadians
Arcas was a beloved ancestor of the Arcadians and the person after which the Arcadia region in Greece was named. To enable the region to develop he taught the people how to farm and helped to spread agriculture throughout the area. Arcas eventuall...
February 15th, 2024
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