Athamas

Son of Aeolus and Enarete. Ruler of Boeotia. Driven mad by Hera.

Genealogy

Enarete

Aeolus

Alcyone, Calyce, Canace, Cretheus, Deion, Magnes, Perieres, Perimede, Pisidice, Salmoneus, Sisyphus

Ino, Nephele, Themisto

Erythrius, Helle, Learchus, Leucon, Melicertes, Phrixus, Ptous, Schoeneus

Dionysus

Places
  1. Athamantia
  2. Boeotia
  3. Unknown
Events
  1. Athamas rules Boeotia
  2. Phrixus and Helle born
  3. Learchus and Melicertes are born
  4. Athamas kills Learchus with an arrow
  5. Athamas banished from Boeotia
  6. Athamas settles in Athamantia
  7. Athamas marries Themisto, has children
  8. Hermes gives baby Dionysus to Ino and Athamas
  9. Hera drives Athamas and Ino insane
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.3
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.1
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.2
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.2
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.3
  6. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 24.2
  7. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 44.7
  8. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 21.11
  9. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 3.6
  10. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 4.8
  11. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 23.6
  12. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 24.1
  13. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 34.5
  14. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 34.7
  15. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 34.8
  16. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 34.9
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