Aethlius

Aethlius (Ancient Greek: Ἀέθλιος) was, in Greek mythology, the first king of Elis,^[1] father of Endymion.^[2] He was the son of Zeus and Protogeneia (daughter of Deucalion),^[3][4] and was married to Calyce. He led Aeolians from Thessaly and founded Elis. According to some accounts, Endymion was himself a son of Zeus and first king of Elis.^[5] Other traditions again made Aethlius a son of Aeolus, who was called by the name of Zeus.^[6]

References

1. Pausanias, v. 1. § 2
2. Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Aethlius (1)", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology 1, Boston, MA, p. 51
3. Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus), i. 7. § 2
4. Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae 155
5. Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus), i. 7. § 5.
6. Pausanias, v. 8. § 1.

Sources

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "^{article name needed}". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.