Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Apheidas" | Greek | A son of Arcas by Leaneira, or according to others, by Meganeira, Chrysopeleia, or Erato. |
Nymph name "Azan" | Greece | A son of Ares and the nymph Erato, was the brother of Apheidas and Elatus, and father of Cleitor. The part of Arcadia which he received from his father was called, after him, Azania. After his death, funeral games, which were believed to have been the first in Greece, were celebrated in his honour. |
King name "Elatus" | Greek | A son of Ares by Leaneira, Metaneira, or by the nymph Chrysopeleia. He was a brother of Azan and Apheidas, and king of Arcadia. By his wife Laodice he had four sons, Stymphalus, Aepytus, Cyllen, and Pereus. Greek |
Nymph name "Erato" | Greek | A nymph and the wife of Ares, by whom she became the mother of Elatus, Apheidas, and Azan. She was said to have been a prophetic priestess of the Arcadian Pan. Greek |
"Leaneira" | Greek | The daughter of Amyclas and by Arcas the mother of Elatus and Apheidas. |