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Aegi'aleus

Αἰγιαλεύς).

1. A son of Adrastus and Amphithea or Demoanassa. (Apollod. 1.9.13; Hyg. Fab. 71.) He was the only one among the Epigones that fell in the war against Thebes. (Apollod. 3.7.3; Paus. 9.5.7; compare ADRASTUS. He was worshipped as a hero at Pegae in Megaris, and it was believed that his body had been conveyed thither from Thebes and been buried there. (Paus. 1.44.7.)

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  • Cross-references from this page (4):
    • Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library, 3.7.3
    • Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library, 1.9.13
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1.44.7
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9.5.7
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