Aleus

Aleos (Greek Ἀλεός ) is a figure of Greek mythology. To him, the establishment of Tegea is attributed, he is the eponymous Oikist Alea and founder of the sanctuary of Athena Alea tegeanischen. Sometimes he is considered the king of Arcadia completely shown.

In general Aleos is regarded as the son of Apheidas and grandson of Arkas. His wife was Neaera, daughter of Pereus (according to another version Tell Kleobule ). With her he had children Lycurgus, Cepheus, Amphidamas (one of the Argonauts ) and eye. According to another tradition, is Alkidike, mother of Tyro, his daughter. Aleos made ​​his daughter of Athena, in order to avert an oracle said that a son eye is kill him. When Heracles was a guest at the court of Aleos, he raped the virgin priestess. Eye tries to conceal the resulting pregnancy, but this displeases their goddess. It covers the territory of Aleos with a plague. In the search for the causes eye pregnancy is discovered. To end the epidemic, passes King Aleos his daughter to the neighboring king Nauplios. Along the way, gives birth eye Telephus.