Aleus

Aleus

Aleus (Gr. polytonic|Ἀλεός) was in Greek mythology a son of Apheidas, and grandson of Arcas.cite encyclopedia | last = Schmitz | first = Leonhard | authorlink = | title = Aleuas | editor = William Smith | encyclopedia = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | volume = 1 | pages = 110 | publisher = Little, Brown and Company | location = Boston | year = 1867 | url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0119.html ] He was king of Tegea in Arcadia, and married to Neaera, and is said to have founded the town of Alea and the first temple of Athena Alea at Tegea. [Pausanias, "Description of Greece" viii. 23. § 1, 4. § 3, &c.] [Pseudo-Apollodorus, iii. 9. § 1] He had a son, Lycurgus, and two daughters, Auge and Alcidice.

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