Aleuas
(
Ἀλεύας). A Thessalian, descended from Heracles, who
ruled at Larissa. He was the reputed founder of the Aleuadae, a distinguished family of which
two branches are mentioned; the Aleuadae and the Scopadae—the former remaining at
Larissa, the latter inhabiting Crannon. In the Second Persian War the Aleuadae espoused the
Persian cause, and gave aid to Xerxes (B.C. 480) (
Herod.vii. 6).
After the war, when Leotychides was sent to Thessaly to punish those who had proved disloyal
to Greece, the Aleuadae bribed him to a mild course. At a later period, Philip of Macedon
found the Aleuadae useful allies.