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Orseis is one of the NYMPHS. |
a) Enarete b) Aegiale c) unknown |
a) Cretheus 1, Sisyphus, Athamas 1, Salmoneus, Deion, Magnes 1, Perieres 1, Canace, Alcyone 2, Pisidice 1, Calyce 1, Perimede 1. b) Alcyone 2. c) Minyas, Aethlius, Tanagra, Arne, Macar 2, Antiope 5, Mimas 4, Cercaphus 2. |
Mates & Offspring: Three versions. See list below. |
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Melanippe 1 |
Melanippe 1's Child. |
About Melanippe 1, daughter of the Centaur Chiron, it is said that she fled into the forest so that her father would not learn that she had given birth to a child. It is told that she was turned into a mare by the gods when she asked to be concealed, or by Artemis for ceasing to worship her. |
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These children are sometimes given other parentages: |
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Cretheus 1 |
Founder of Iolcus. |
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King in Thessaly and Boeotia. |
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Salmoneus |
King in Elis. Zeus struck him with a thunderbolt for his impiety. |
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Deion |
King of Phocis. |
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Magnes 1 |
Some have said that Magnes 1 was the son of Zeus and Thyia 2, daughter of Deucalion 1, the man who survived the Flood. Among the children of Magnes 1 is Polydectes 1, who colonized Seriphus where became king. Polydectes 1 fell in love with Danae, and sent Perseus 1 to bring the head of Medusa 1. |
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Perieres 1 |
King of Messenia. |
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Canace |
Canace was killed by her father because she committed incest with her brother Macar 2, or else she killed herself. |
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Alcyone 2 |
Impious Alcyone 2 was transformed into a kingfisher, or perhaps and halcyon (see Ceyx). |
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Calyce 1 |
Calyce 1 is sometimes said to be the mother of Endymion, the man who chose to sleep forever, remaining deathless and ageless. |
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Perimede 1 |
Perimede 1 was hurled down from a high cliff by her father, but was caught by the river god Achelous, whom she married (or had children with). |
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Eponym of the Minyans, people of northern Boeotia in mainland Greece. |
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Aethlius |
Aethlius is said to have been the first ruler in Elis. |
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Tanagra |
After her a city in Boeotia was named. |
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Arne |
Arne was blamed by her father for being pregnant, and handed over to Metapontus, who married her. |
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Macar 2 |
Macar 2 killed himself on account of his beloved sister Canace. He and her sister had a daughter Amphissa, whom Apollo loved and after whom the city Locris was named. |
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Mimas 4 |
Mimas 4 became king of Aeolis after his father. Mimas 4 is father of Hippotes 1, father of Aeolus 2, the Ruler of the Winds. |
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Abolengo Album - High Resolution Genealogical Charts Names in this chart Abas 3, Acastus, Actor 3, Admetus 1, Adrastus 1, Aeolia, Aeolus 1, Aeson, Alcestis, ALOADS, Aloeus 1, Amythaon 1, Arcisius, Athamas 1, Bellerophon, Bias 1, Canace, Cephalus 1, Cretheus 1, Deion, Deucalion 1, Diomedes 2, Epicasta 1, Glaucus 1, Glaucus 3, Helle, Hellen 1, Hippolochus 3, Idmon 2, Jason, Laertes, Lycurgus 3, Melampus 1, Menoetius 2, Odysseus, Oeneus 2, Opheltes 1, Patroclus 1, Pelias 1, Pheres 1, Phrixus 1, Porthaon, Salmoneus, Sisyphus, Talaus, Tydeus 2, Tyro. |
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