Three Main Ancestors |
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Most royal houses can be traced
back to three ancestors: Atlas, Deucalion 1, and Io |
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The Pelopides
Pelops 1 was son of
Tantalus 1, son of
Zeus and the Pleiad Dione 3, daughter of Atlas.
Pelops 1's wife Hippodamia 3 was daughter of the Pleiad Sterope 3. The PLEIADES are daughters of
Atlas. The
Pelopides ruled
Mycenae until the return of the
HERACLIDES (descendants of
Heracles 1, a descendant of
Io). Pelops 1 came from Phrygia to Hellas, whereas Dardanus 1 [see below] emigrated from Hellas to Phrygia.
The Trojans
The Trojans were also descendants of
Atlas. Dardanus 1, son of Electra 3, daughter of Atlas, is at the
beginning of the house of Troy, for Dardanus 1 is father of Erichthonius 1, father of Tros 1 (after whom the Trojans are called), father of Ilus 2 (founder of Ilium, that is, Troy), father of Laomedon 1, father of Priam 1, who was king when the city was destroyed.
Some Thebans
Among the Thebans, the usurpers Nycteus 2 and Lycus 5 were said to have come from Euboea, but they too might be descendants of Atlas, and so could
be Amphion 1, grandson of Nycteus 2. Amphion 1 married
Pelops 1's sister, the mother of
the NIOBIDS.
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Contextual Charts
Names in this chart: Acamas 1, Aeneas, Aethra 2, Agamemnon,
Ajax 1, Alba, Alcathous 3, Alcyone 1, Amphion 1,
Anchises 1, Antiope 3, Assaracus, Astyanax 2, Atlas,
Atreus, Capys 1, Cometes 4, Dardanus 1, Dione 3, Electra 3, Erichthonius 1, Eurysaces, Ganymedes,
Hector 1, Hyrieus, Ilus 2, Laomedon 1, Latinus 2, Munitus, Niobe 2, NIOBIDS, Nycteus 2, Orestes 2,
Pelops 1, Periboea 2, Philaeus 1, Pittheus, Priam 1, Silvius,
Tantalus 1,
Theseus, Tisamenus 2, Tros 1.
[Partial lists of mainly mortal descendants. Some
individuals are sometimes given other parentages]
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The descendants of Deucalion 1 (and Aeolus 1)
founded and ruled Thessalian cities such as Pherae, Phthia
and Iolcus, but were periodically influential in
Thebes,
Argos,
Athens, and
Messenia.
Deucalion 1, the first
mortal of this line and son of the Titan
Prometheus 1, is father of Hellen 1, eponym of the Hellenes. From Hellen 1 sprang Dorus 1 (eponym of the Dorians), Xuthus 1, and Aeolus 1. Xuthus 1 is father of Achaeus 1 (eponym of the Achaeans), and of Ion 1 (eponym of the Ionians). The
Thessalian king Aeolus 1
(different from the keeper of the winds) had many important
descendants.
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Contextual Charts
Names in this chart: Actor 3, Aeolia, Aeolus 1, Aepytus 1, Aetolus 2, Agenor 6, Alcestis, Alcmaeon 1, Alcmaeon 2, Althaea, Amphiaraus, Amphictyon, Amphilochus 2, Amythaon 1, Andropompus 1, Arcisius, Asterius 3, Bellerophon, Boeotus, Borus 3, Calyce 1, Cephalus 1, Codrus 1, Cretheus 1, Damasichthon 2, Deion, Deucalion 1, Diomede 1, Diomedes 2, Diomedes 3, Dorus 1, Endymion, Epicasta 1, Epimetheus, Eumelus 1, Glaucus 1, Glaucus 3, Graecus, Helen, Hellen 1, Hermione, Hippalcimus 2, Hippolochus 1, Hypermnestra 2, Itonus 1, Itonus 2, Laertes, Latinus 3, Leda, Melanthus 1, Meleager, Menoetius 2, Neileus, Neleus, Nestor, Odysseus, Oeneus 2, Opheltes 2, Pandora 1, Pandora 2, Patroclus 1, Pelias 1, Peneleus, Penthilus 2, Periclymenus 1, Pleuron, Polydora 3, Porthaon, Prometheus 1, Pronoia, Protesilaus, Ptolemy 2, Pyrrha 1, Salmoneus, Sillus, Sisyphus, Tectamus, Telemachus, Thestius 1, Thrasymedes 1, Tydeus 2, Tyro, Xanthus 6, Xuthus 1.
(Partial lists of mainly mortal descendants. Some
individuals are sometimes given other parentages)
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Ancestors and founders of important cities auch as
Mycenae,
Thebes, and
Argos were descendants of
Io. These also controlled
Crete, Laconia, and perhaps
Arcadia. The
HERACLIDES were descendants of
Io. Their house evolved first in
north-east Africa, and in the mideast (Phoenicia).
Io is the first mortal of this
line. She is usually regarded as daughter of the river god
Inachus, her other genealogies being more uncertain. After
Io comes Epaphus 1, king of Egypt and father of Libya. Her descendants are Agenor 1, Belus 1, and Lelex 2. From Agenor 1 descended Europa and
Cadmus, which is to say the houses
of Crete and
Thebes respectively. From Belus 1 descended Aegyptus 1 and Danaus 1, that is, the houses of Argos, and
Mycenae.
Perseus 1 (descendant of Danaus 1 and Aegyptus 1), and his own descendants reigned in Mycenae. But during
Eurystheus' time or after him
Mycenae came under the rule of
the Pelopides, who are
descendants of Atlas. The
Pelopides were expelled by the
HERACLIDES after the
Trojan War.
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Contextual Charts
Names in this chart: Abas 2, Aegyptus 1, Aepytus 2, Aepytus 4, Agamedes 2, Agapenor, Agenor 1, Agenor 12, Alcmena, Alector 1, Aleus, Amyclas 1, Anaxagoras, Ancaeus 1, Aphidas 1, Arcas 1, Argus 5, Autesion 1, Belus 1, Cadmus,
Callisto, Cercyon 2, Clytaemnestra, Cometes 2, Crotopus, Cynortes, Cypselus 1, Danaus 1, Deucalion 2, Dotadas, Elatus 2, Electryon 1, Epaphus 1, Europa, Eurotas, Evadne 2, Gelanor, Glaucus 8, Heracles 1, Hippothous 6, Hypermnestra 1, Idomeneus 1, Inachus, Io, Iphis 1, Isthmius 2, Labdacus 1, Laius 1, Lelex 2, Libya, Lycaon 2, Lycastus 1, Lycurgus 2, Lynceus 2, Megapenthes 2, Merope 2, Minos 1, Minos 2, Niobe 1, Oebalus 1, Oedipus, Pelasgus 1, Perseus 1, Phintas, Phorbas 1, Phoroneus, Polydorus 2, Polynices, Proetus 1, Sparta, Sthenelas, Sthenelus 2, Stymphalus 1, Sybotas, Telephus, Thersander 1, Triopas 1, Tyndareus,
Zeus.
(Partial lists of mainly mortal descendants. Some individuals are sometimes given other parentages.)
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Contextual Charts
Names in this chart: Abas 2, Acamas 1, Actor 3, Aegyptus 1, Aeneas, Aeolia, Aeolus 1, Aepytus 1, Aepytus 2, Aepytus 4, Aethra 2, Aetolus 2, Agamedes 2, Agamemnon, Agapenor, Agenor 1, Agenor 12, Agenor 6, Ajax 1, Alba, Alcathous 3, Alcestis, Alcmaeon 1, Alcmaeon 2, Alcmena, Alcyone 1, Alector 1, Aleus, Althaea, Amphiaraus, Amphictyon, Amphilochus 2, Amphion 1, Amyclas 1, Amythaon 1, Anaxagoras, Ancaeus 1, Anchises 1, Andropompus 1, Antiope 3, Aphidas 1, Arcas 1, Arcisius, Argus 5, Assaracus, Asterius 3, Astyanax 2, Atlas, Atreus, Autesion 1, Bellerophon, Belus 1, Boeotus, Borus 3, Cadmus, Callisto, Calyce 1, Capys 1, Cephalus 1, Cercyon 2, Clytaemnestra, Codrus 1, Cometes 2, Cometes 4, Cretheus 1, Crotopus, Cynortes, Cypselus 1, Damasichthon 2, Danaus 1, Dardanus 1, Deion, Deucalion 1, Deucalion 2, Diomede 1, Diomedes 2, Diomedes 3, Dione 3, Dorus 1, Dotadas, Elatus 2, Electra 3, Electryon 1, Endymion, Epaphus 1, Epicasta 1, Epimetheus, Erichthonius 1, Eumelus 1, Europa, Eurotas, Eurysaces, Evadne 2, Ganymedes, Gelanor, Glaucus 1, Glaucus 3, Glaucus 8, Graecus, Hector 1, Helen, Hellen 1, Heracles 1, Hermione, Hippalcimus 2, Hippolochus 1, Hippothous 6, Hypermnestra 1, Hypermnestra 2, Hyrieus, Idomeneus 1, Ilus 2, Inachus, Io, Iphis 1, Isthmius 2, Itonus 1, Itonus 2, Labdacus 1, Laertes, Laius 1, Laomedon 1, Latinus 2, Latinus 3, Leda, Lelex 2, Libya, Lycaon 2, Lycastus 1, Lycurgus 2, Lynceus 2, Megapenthes 2, Melanthus 1, Meleager, Menoetius 2, Merope 2, Minos 1, Minos 2, Munitus,
Neileus, Neleus, Nestor, Niobe 1, Niobe 2, NIOBIDS, Nycteus 2, Odysseus, Oebalus 1, Oedipus, Oeneus 2, Opheltes 2, Orestes 2, Pandora 1, Pandora 2, Patroclus 1, Pelasgus 1, Pelias 1, Pelops 1, Peneleus, Penthilus 2, Periboea 2, Periclymenus 1, Perseus 1, Philaeus 1, Phintas, Phorbas 1, Phoroneus, Pittheus, Pleuron, Polydora 3, Polydorus 2, Polynices, Porthaon, Priam 1, Proetus 1, Prometheus 1, Pronoia, Protesilaus, Ptolemy 2, Pyrrha 1, Salmoneus, Sillus, Silvius, Sisyphus, Sparta, Sthenelas, Sthenelus 2, Stymphalus 1, Sybotas, Tantalus 1, Tectamus, Telemachus, Telephus, Thersander 1, Theseus, Thestius 1, Thrasymedes 1, Tisamenus 2, Triopas 1, Tros 1, Tydeus 2, Tyndareus, Tyro, Xanthus 6, Xuthus 1, Zeus.
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The Athenians do not belong originally to any of the
mentioned primary families. They were the children of
Gaia, or else "sons of the soil"
[see AUTOCHTHONOUS]. Later
Aegeus 1 married the daughter of
a Pelopid, and Theseus married a
descendant of Io. Even later the throne was seized by Melanthus 1, a descendant of Deucalion 1.
The Colchians (for example
Medea) are descendants of
Helius, and so are the first
Corinthians [see Corinth]. The
Troezenians had their own origin, but afterwards
Troezen was ruled by the
descendants of Atlas.
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