Eleius

In Greek mythology, the name Eleius (/ɛˈlaɪ.əs/; Ancient Greek: Ἠλεῖος) may refer to:

• Eleius, son of
  Aetolus, his maternal uncle, was sent into exile, Eleius became king of the Epeans (who had received their original name from his other uncle, Epeius) and renamed his people the Eleans after himself, and the land was accordingly named Elis. He had a son Augeas.^[1]
• Eleius, a descendant of the precedent (the lineage is as follows: Eleius I - Augeas -
  Peloponnesus.^[2]
• Eleius, son of Tantalus and another possible eponym of Elis.^[3]

Notes

References

• 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.
• Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.

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