Neleides

Neleides (/ˈnliɪdz/ NEEL-ee-idz; also Neleiades, Neleius and Neleidae; Greek: Νηλεῖδαι) was a patronymic of ancient Greece derived from Neleus, son of the Greek god Poseidon, and was used to refer to his descendants.[1] In literature, this name typically designated either Nestor, the son of Neleus, or Antilochus, his grandson.[2][3][4] One notable offshoot of this family line was the Alcmaeonidae.[5]

Notes

  1. Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Neleides". In William Smith. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology 2. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 1150.
  2. Homer, Iliad viii. 100, xi. 617, x. 87, xxiii. 514
  3. Ovid, Metamorphoses xii. 553
  4. Herodotus, v. 65
  5. Smith, Philip (1867). "Alcmaeonidae". In William Smith. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. pp. 105–106.

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