Ancaeus of Arcadia information

end. Ancaeus was the son of King Lycurgus of Arcadia either by Cleophyle or Eurynome or Antinoe. Ancaeus married Iotis and became the father of Agapenor...

expertise in archery and beauty while hunting. During the hunt Hyleus and Ancaeus were killed, Peleus accidentally killed a fellow hunter and others were...

grandson Ancaeus were Argonauts. Ancaeus was killed by the Calydonian boar. Aleus was the son of Apheidas whose father was Arcas, the son of Zeus and...

ill and died while Ancaeus was wounded by the Calydonian boar. On his death, he was succeeded by Echemus, son of Aeropus, son of his brother Cepheus...

wife of Lycurgus of Arcadia and mother of Amphidamas, Epochus, Ancaeus, and Iasus. Elsewhere is also called Cleophyle or Antinoe. Eurynome, daughter of Iphitus...

brother Ancaeus: Pausanias describes a painting in the Tegean temple of Athena Alea, which portrays, among others, Epochus supporting Ancaeus who had...

the other great heroic adventure of that generation, the voyage of the Argonauts, which preceded it. The purpose of the hunt was to kill the Calydonian...

son of Apollo, was wounded by a wild boar and died. Also, on that island Tiphys died, and Ancaeus undertook to steer the ship. By the will of Hera they...

the Suitors of Helen are those who came from many kingdoms of Greece to compete for the hand of the Spartan princess Helen, daughter of Zeus and Leda...

 naïádes) are a type of female spirit, or nymph, presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water. They are...

Clymene, daughter of Minyas; he was the son of King Lycurgus of Arcadia by either Eurynome or Cleophyle. His brothers were Ancaeus, Epochus and Amphidamas...

mother of Ancaeus and Epochus by King Lycurgus of Arcadia. The latter's wife was otherwise known as Cleophyle or Eurynome. Antinoe, daughter of King Cepheus...

shaker"; in the myths of isolated Arcadia, he is related to Demeter and Persephone and was venerated as a horse, and as a god of the waters. Poseidon maintained...

reported: Agapenor, the son of Ancaeus, the son of Lycurgus, who was king after Echemus, led the Arcadians to Troy. After the capture of Troy the storm that overtook...

of minor notability, about whom either nothing or very little is known, aside from any family connections. Children of Priam Homeric Neleides Sons of...

abducted Helen, wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta. Most of the leaders were bound by the Oath of Tyndareus who made the Suitors of Helen swear that they...