Descendants of Aeacus
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
Aegina and Aeacus
The story of Aegina (Αἄγινα) and her son has already been briefly told in the Aegina, Islands (Geographia) and in the Myrmidons, Mythical Creatures sections. Hera persecuted them because of Zeus' dalliance with yet another mortal girl. Asopus was ...
March 17th, 2001
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Jimmy Joe
Peleus
A king of Phthia, in Thessaly. Peleus (Πηλεύς) was the son of Aeacus (Aiacos), king of Aegina, and Endeïs. He and his brother Telamon plotted to kill their half-brother Phocus, son of Aeacus by the Nereïd (Nereid) Psamathe, because he excelled in ...
April 9th, 1999
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Jimmy Joe
Aegina
Aegina was the island located in the Saronic Gulf, east of the coast of Argolis. Aegina was originally called Oenone or Oenopia. Aegina was named after the daughter of river-god Asopus, in Sicyonia. Zeus fell in love with Aegina, transformed himse...
August 8th, 1999
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Jimmy Joe
Telamon
A king of Salamis. Telamon was the son of Aeacus (Aiacos), king of Aegina, and Endeïs (Endeis). He and his brother Peleus plotted to kill their half-brother Phocus, because he surpassed them in sport. One of them killed Phocus and hid the body, bu...
April 9th, 1999
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Jimmy Joe
Aeolids 1 (Thessaly & Messenia)
The Aeolids, or the descendants of Aeolus, ruled many different kingdoms throughout Greece. Aeolus, the king of Phthia in Thessaly, had many children. Some of his sons founded their own kingdoms, while others gained their own kingdoms through marr...
July 28th, 1999
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Jimmy Joe
House of Calydon (Aeolids 3)
Houses of Aetolia Children of ThestiusHouses of Aetolia Aetolia was formerly populated by the people known as the Curetes, the original inhabitants of this region. The three sons of Apollo and the nymph Phthia were named Laodocus, Polypoetes and D...
July 28th, 1999
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Timeless Myths
Aeolids
The Aeolids (Αἴολιδαί) were powerful rulers who established kingdoms in many parts of Greece. They were descendants of Aeolus, son of Hellen. Aeolus was a powerful ruler of Thessaly. The Aeolids could be found ruling kingdoms in Thessaly, Argos, C...
April 27th, 1999
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Jimmy Joe
Aeolids 2 (Corinth & Orchomenus)
The second page of the genealogy of the Aeolids (descendants of Aeolus), displaying the family trees of Sisyphus from Corinth and Athamas from Orchomenus. Both Sisyphus and Athamas were the sons of Aeolus. House of Sisyphus House of Athamas You wi...
July 28th, 1999
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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
Aeolus
Aeolus (Αἴολος) became a ruler in Thessaly after his father. Aeolus married Enarete (Ἐναρετη), daughter of Deïmacus (Deimacus), who bore him sons who became powerful rulers: Cretheus, king of Iolcus; Athamas, king of Orchomenus, in Boeotia; Sisyph...
April 27th, 1999
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Jimmy Joe