Aristomachus (Heraclide)

Aristomachus , ( Greek  Ἀριστόμαχος ) is in Greek mythology the son of Cleodaios , grandson of Hyllos and great-grandson of Heracles (thus belonged to the Heraclids ). He was the local ruler in Greece and fell as a military leader when the Heraclids invaded the Peloponnese in battle. His sons Temenus , Kresphontes and Aristodemos eventually conquered the country.

literature

• Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Aristomachos 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 551 ( digitized version ).
• Hans von Geisau: Aristomachos 1. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 1, Stuttgart 1964, column 570.