Autesion

Autesion (Greek Αυτεσίων ), the son of Teisamenos, in Greek mythology, was the father of Thera, after which the island was named Thera, and the Argeia, the later the Heraclidae Aristodemos married. Was Autesion after his father Teisamenos king of Thebes, but had to emigrate because of an oracle, and settled at the Dorians. When his successor Damasichthon, the son of Opheltes was chosen.

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  • Libraries of Apollodorus, 2, 173
  • Herodotus, Histories, 4, 147; 6, 52
  • Pausanias, traveling in Greece, 3, 1, 7; 3, 15, 6; 4, 3, 4; 9, 5, 15,
  • Strabo, Geographica, 347
  • Mythological king ( Thebes)
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