Aegialeus (King of Argos)

Aigialeus (Greek Αἰγιαλεύς ) was in Greek mythology, the son of Adrastus and the amphitheater or the Demonassa. He fathered a Neleiden the Aigialeia and Kyanippos.

He was the only of the epigones, who died during the conquest of Thebes. He was killed by Laodamas. His body was in Pigai, a place in Megara, buried, and there worshiped as a hero. A tribe in Sicyon to have been named after him Aigialos.

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• Libraries of Apollodorus, 1, 79; 1, 103; 3, 82 - 83
• Herodotus, Histories, 5, 68
• Mythographus Hyginus, Fabulae, 71
• Pausanias, traveling in Greece, 1, 43, 1; 1, 44, 1; 2, 18, 4; 2, 20, 5; 2, 30, 10; 9, 5, 13; 9, 19, 2; 10, 10, 4