Azeus

Azeus ( ancient Greek Ἀζεύς ) is a person from Greek mythology .

Azeus comes from Orchomenos . He is a son of Clymenus and brother of Erginos , Stratios , Arrhon and Pyleos . Furthermore, he is the father of Aktor and the grandfather of Astyoche , the mother of the Argonaut drivers and participant in the Trojan War of Askalaphos and Ialmenos .

In order to avenge the murder of his father Clymenus committed by Thebans at a festival for Poseidon in Onchestus, Azeus and his brothers, led by the eldest, Erginos, go against Thebes and force the inhabitants to pay tributes.

literature

• Richard Engelmann : Azeus . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 743 ( digitized version ).
• Ulrich Hoefer : Azeus. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, column 2642 ( digitized version ).

Remarks

1. ↑ Pausanias 9, 37, 1 and 9, 37, 7.
2. ↑ Homer , Iliad 2: 511-513.
3. ↑ Pausanias 9:37, 1-2.