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Actaeus

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pandion iIn Greek mythology, (Ancient Greek: Πανδίων) a legendary King of Athens, the son and heir to Erichthonius of Athens and his wife, the naiad Praxithea.
cecrops iCecrops was a legendary king of Attica which derived from him its name Cecropia, according to the Parian Chronicle having previously borne the name of Acte or Actice (from Actaeus).
proteus of egyptIn Greek mythology, Proteus was an ancient Egyptian king who was associated with the island of Pharos, his residence in Homer's Odyssey.
actaeonnoun(Greek mythology) Grandson of Cadmus, transformed into a stag by Artemis in book III of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
aeacusnoun(Greek mythology) A king of the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf, one of the three judges in Hades.
erechtheusErechtheus in Greek mythology was a king of Athens, the founder of the polis and, in his role as god, attached to Poseidon, as "Poseidon Erechtheus".
cranausIn Greek mythology, Cranaus or Kranaos (Ancient Greek: Κραναός) was the second King of Athens, succeeding Cecrops I.
demophon of athensIn Greek mythology, Demophon (Ancient Greek: Δημοφῶν or Δημοφόων) was a veteran of the Trojan War and king of Athens.
cretheusnoun
menestheusIn Greek mythology, Menestheus (Ancient Greek: Μενεσθεύς) was a legendary king of Athens during the Trojan War.
deucalionnoun(Greek mythology) The son of Prometheus, husband of Pyrrha. Both survived a deluge sent by Zeus to punish the human race.
tyndareusIn Greek mythology, (Ancient Greek: Τυνδάρεος, Tundáreos; Attic: Τυνδάρεως, Tundáreōs; ) a Spartan king.
epaphusIn Greek mythology, Epaphus, also called ApisHerodotus, 3.27 or MunantiusPseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10.21-23, was a son of the Greek God Zeus and king of Egypt.
protesilausIn Greek mythology, Protesilaus was a hero in the Iliad who was venerated at cult sites in Thessaly and Thrace.
eurystheusnoun(Greek mythology) A Mycenaean king of Tiryns (or, according to some authors, of Argos), in Argolis, who imposed the twelve labours on Heracles.
aesonIn Greek mythology, (Ancient Greek: Αἴσων Aísōn) a king of Iolcus in Thessaly.
metionIn Greek mythology, (Ancient Greek: Μητίων, gen. Μητίονος) an Athenian prince as the son of King Erechtheus and Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus and Diogeneia.
proetusa genus of proetid trilobite found in Silurian-aged marine strata of Europe.
peleusnounA Greek hero, son of Aeacus and Endeïs, brother of Telamon, and father of Achilles.
byzasnoun(Ancient Greece) The legendary founder of Byzantium.

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