In later myths, Odysseus was the son of Sisyphus, king of Corinth. Sisyphus ravished Autolycus' daughter, Anticleia, as revenge for Autolycus theft of his cattle.
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Sisyphus (Σίσυφος) was the king of Ephyra (Corinth). Sisyphus was the son of Aeolus and Enarete. He was the brother of Cretheus, Athamas, Perieres and Salmoneus. He married a Pleiad named Merope and became the father of Glaucus (Glaucos), Ornytion...
King of Ithaca. The Romans identified Odysseus as Ulysses. Odysseus (Ὀδυσσεύς) was the hero of the epic poem called The Odyssey. Odysseus was the son of Laërtes (Laertes) and Anticleia, daughter of the thief Autolycus and Mestra. Other writers sai...
Children of Pelops House of AtreusChildren of Pelops The family tree of Pelops displays his descendants, such as Agamemnon, Menelaus and Orestes. Several of his daughters were married into Perseus' family, so also see the House of Perseus. You wil...
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...
Autolycus was not a hero, but a famous master thief in classical mythology, known for his cunning and craftiness. But before I begin the tale of Autolycus, I would first like to tell of his lovely mother, Chione. Chione The Master ThiefChione Acco...
The family tree above shows the descendants of Io, on the Belid branch, which include such heroes as Perseus and Heracles. The names in blue are the Heraclids or the descendants of Heracles, who would later conquer Argos, Sparta and the region of ...
The following two family trees show the two powerful houses of the two kingdoms of Thebes and Crete. Like the Houses of Argolis, they were descendants of the river god Inachus and his daughter Io, and these descendants were known as Inachids, but ...
Another important family arrived in Greece. Pelops won a wife and kingdom in a chariot race in Pisa, and his children and descendants would establish an important dynasty in Mycenae and Argos. For Niobe, see Wrath of Heaven, Folly of Niobe.House o...
The large family tree above combines the Houses of Laconia and Messenia together. The links between the two kingdoms come from marriages. The first link was when Polycaon, son of Lelex, migrated to Messenia and married the Argive princess, Messene...
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 ...