Autesion

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search

In Greek mythology, Autesion[1] – the son of Tisamenus, the grandson of Thersander and Demonassa and the great-grandson of Polynices and Argea – was a king of Thebes.

He is called the father of Theras and Argeia, by the latter of whom Aristodemus became the father of Eurysthenes and Procles. Autesion was a native of Thebes, where he had succeeded his father as king, but at the command of an oracle he went to Peloponnesus and joined the Dorians.[2]

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Footnotes

  1. Ancient Greek: Αὐτεσίων; gen.: Αὐτεσίωνος.
  2. Apollod. ii. 8. § 2; Paus. iii. 15. § 4, 3. § 3, ix. 5. § 8; Herod. iv. 147, vi. 52; Strab. viii. p. 347 (cited in Smith)
Regnal titles
Preceded by Mythical King of Thebes Succeeded by
Damasichthon

<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>