Archedius

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Archedius
Founder of Catreus
Member of the Arcadian Royal Family
AbodeTegea, later Crete
Genealogy
ParentsTegeates and Maera
SiblingsGortys, Cydon, Leimon and Scephrus

In Greek mythology, Archedius (Ancient Greek: Ἀρχήδιον) was an Arcadian prince as son of King Tegeates of Tegea and Maera, daughter of the Titan Atlas. He was the brother of Scephrus, Leimon, Gortys, and Cydon.[1] Together with the last two brothers, they migrated to Crete on their own free will and that after them were named the cities Cydonia, Gortyna and Catreus.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Pausanias, 8.53.2–4
  2. ^ Pausanias, 8.53.4

References

  • Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
  • Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.