Aleuadae

The Aleuadae (Greek Άλευάδαι Aleuádai ) were an ancient aristocratic family from Thessaly in Ancient Greece.

The Aleuadae prevailed in Larisa and around the city. According to tradition, by Aristotle and Plutarch Aleuas said to have created the Red political and military order of the Thessalian Confederation. In the following years various representatives of the family occupied the tageia said top official of the Federation. According to Herodotus (7.6; 130; 9.58 ) contacted representatives of Aleuadae family Xerxes I, to move it to an incident in Greece. During the Persian wars fought parts of the family on the part of the Persians.

Since 404 BC, the policy in Thessaly was determined by the confrontation between the Aleuadae and the emerging tyrant of Pherae. In this dispute, the Aleuadae tried to foreign aid, first the Persians and later by the Macedonians. Philip II attacked 356-349 BC several times in the conflict and defeated the tyrant finally Pheraischen. Eventually, however, he divided Thessaly in his domain. From Thanks for supporting several representatives of Aleuadae received the office of a tetrarch. Thessaly remained for a long time from the arbitrary rule of individual families determined.

Pedigree

Family members

Possible other family members were:

• Medios, BC, named for the year 395 as a dynast of Larisa ( Diodorus 14, 82, 5).
• Philinna of Larissa, a wife of Philip II of Macedon.
• Medios of Larissa, an officer of Alexander the Great and Admiral during the Diadochenkriege.
• Thorax of Larissa, a warrior of Antigonus I Monophthalmos in the battle of Ipsos 301 BC ( Plutarch, Demetrius 29, 5 ).