Autesion
In Greek mythology, Autesion[1] – the son of Tisamenus, the grandson of Thersander and Demonassa and the great-grandson of Polynices and Argea – was a king of Thebes.
Autesion is called the father of Theras and Argeia, by the latter of whom Aristodemus became the father of Eurysthenes and Procles. Autesion was a native of Thebes, where he had succeeded his father as king, but at the command of an oracle he went to Peloponnesus and joined the Dorians.[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ Ancient Greek: Αὐτεσίων; gen.: Αὐτεσίωνος.
- ↑ Apollod. ii. 8. § 2; Paus. iii. 15. § 4, 3. § 3, ix. 5. § 8; Herod. iv. 147, vi. 52; Strab. viii. p. 347 (cited in Smith)
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Preceded by Tisamenus |
Mythical King of Thebes | Succeeded by Damasichthon |
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