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MESSINIA (Ancient area) MESSINIA
Daughter of Leucippus, mother of Aesculapius by Apollo, her sanctuary at Sparta.
Perieris; son of Cynortus, father of Tyndareus, Icarius, Aphareus, and Leucippus. Gorgophone; daughter of Perseus, wife of Perieres and Oebalus, first woman who married a second time.
Perieres: A king of Messene, son of Aeolus and Enarete, and
father of Aphareus and Leucoppus by Gorgophone. Some accounts make him also the
father of Tyndareos and Icarius.
Leucippus (Leucippos) Son of Perieres, prince of the Messenians, and father of Phoebe
and Hilaira, usually called Leucippides, who were betrothed to Idas and Lynceus,
the sons of Aphareus, but were carried off by Castor and Pollux, who married them.
Leucippus. A son of Perieres and Gorgophone, and brother of Aphareus. He was the father of Arsinoe, Phoebe, and Hilaeira, and prince of the Messenians. He is mentioned among the Calydonian hunters, and the Boeotian town of Leuctra is said to have derived its name from him. (Paus. iii. 26. 3, iv. 2. 3, 31. 9; Ov. Met. viii. 306; Apollod. iii. 10. 3, 11. 2.)
Leucippides (Leukippides), i. e. the daughters of the Messenian prince Leucippus. (Eurip. Helen. 1467.) Their names were Phoebe and Hilaeira, and they were priestesses of Athena and Artemis, and betrothed to Idas and Lynceus, the sons.of Aphareus; but Castor and Polydeuces being charmed with their beauty, carried them off and married them. (Apollod. iii. 12. 8, 10. 3; Paus. i. 18. 1). When the sons of Aphareus attempted to rescue their beloved brides, they were both slain by the Dioscuri. (Hygin. Fab. 80; Lactant. i. 10; Ov. Heroid. xvi. 327, Fast. v. 709; Theocrit.xxii. 137,&c.; Propert. i.2.15,&c.)
This text is from: A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, 1873 (ed. William Smith). Cited Oct 2006 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
Son of Isthmius, king of Messenia.
STENYKLAROS (Ancient city) MESSINIA
Cresphontes, a son of Aristomachus, who, with his brothers Temenus and Aristodemus,
conquered the Peloponnesus. This was the famous conquest achieved by the Heraclidae.
He and his two sons were subsequently slain by the Messenians.
Cresphontes Kresphontes), a Heracleid, a son of Aristomachus, and one of the conquerors of Peloponnesus, who obtained Messenia for his share. But during an insurrection of the Messenian nobles, he and two of his sons were slain. A third son, Aepytus, was induced by his mother, Merope, to avenge his father. (Apollod. ii. 8.4, &c.; Paus. ii. 18.6, iv. 3.3, 31.9, viii. 5. 34)
Aepytus. The younger son of Cresphontes, king of Messenia, and of Merope, daughter of the Arcadian king Cypselus. When his father and brothers were murdered during an insurrection, Aepytus, who was with his grandfather Cypselus, alone escaped. The throne of Cresphontes was meantime occupied by Polyphontes, who forced Merope to become his wife. When Aepytus had grown to manhood he returned to his kingdom, and put Polyphontes to death. From him the kings of Messenia were called Aepytidae.
This text is from: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. Cited Oct 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
Aepytus. The youngest son of Cresphontes the Heraclid, king of Messenia, and of Merope, the daughter of the Arcadian king Cypselus. Cresphontes and his other sons were murdered during an insurrection, and Aepytus alone, who was educated in the house of his grandfather Cypselus, escaped the danger. The throne of Cresphontes was in the meantime occupied by the Heraclid Polyphontes, who also forced Merope to become his wife (Apollod. ii. 8.5). When Aepytus had grown to manhood, he was enabled by the aid of Holcas, his father-in-law, to return to his kingdom, punish the murderers of his father, and put Polyphontes to death. He left a son, Glaucus, and it [p. 36] was from him that subsequently the kings of Messenia were called Aepytids instead of the more general name Heraclids. (Paus. iv. 3.3, &c., viii. 5.5; Hygin. Fab. 137, 184)
This text is from: A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, 1873 (ed. William Smith). Cited Sep 2005 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
Glaucus. A son of the Messenian king Aepytus, whom he succeeded on the throne. He distinguished himself by his piety towards the gods, and was the first who offered sacrifices to Machaon. (Paus. iv. 3.6.)
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