Aigialeus (son of Adrastus)

Aigialeus ( Greek  Αἰγιαλεύς ) was in Greek mythology the son of Adrastos and Amphithea or Demonassa . He fathered with a Neleiden the Aigialeia and Kyanippos .

He was the only one of the epigones who died while conquering Thebes . He was killed by Laodamas . His body was buried in Pigai, a place near Megara , and worshiped there as a hero . A phyle in Sicyon is said to have been named after him Aigialus .

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• Library of Apollodorus 1, 79; 1, 103; 3, 82-83.
• Herodotus , Histories 5, 68.
• Hyginus Mythographus , Fabulae 71.
• Pausanias , travels in Greece 1, 43, 1; 1, 44, 1; 2, 18, 4; 2, 20, 5; 2, 30, 10; 9, 5, 13; 9, 19, 2; 10, 10, 4.

literature

• Roscher and Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Aigialeus 3) . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 147 ( digitized version ).
• Ulrich Hoefer : Aigialeus 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 956 f.

Web links

• Aigialeus in the Greek Myth Index (English)