Xuthus

Xuthus (Greek Ξοῦθος ) In Greek mythology, the son of Hellen and the nymph Orseis - or, less commonly, of Aeolus and Enarete.

His brothers Aeolus and Dorus - the ancestors of the Dorians or Aiolier - drove him out Iolcus that he reigned for some time, by accusing him of having stolen them his paternal inheritance. The Athenian king Erechtheus granted him asylum, and Xuthus married his daughter Creusa. Together they were the parents of Diomede and Achaeus and Ion. The latter became the ancestors of the Achaeans and Ionians of.

After Erechtheus had died, suggested Xuthus whose eldest son Cecrops II as his successor. As this decision displeased his brothers, he had to leave Athens. He went to the north of the Peloponnese, where he died in Aigialos, which was later renamed after his son in Achaia.

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