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Encyclopedia > Aetolus

Aitolos (Αίτολος) the son of Endymion in Greek mythology, reigned as King of Elis. He killed Apis, the ruler of Apia. Aitolos ruled Aetolia, which took its name from him.




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Endymion, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com (0 words)
Aetolus 2 is the eponym of Aetolia, the region in mainland Greece north of the Gulf of Patrae.
Aetolus 2 was King of Elis after his brother Epeius 1 was made to flee.
He married Pronoe 2 and had two sons: Pleuron and Calydon, after whom the Aetolian cities were called [see also Calydon]
Calydon, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com (868 words)
Aetolia is called after Endymion's son Aetolus 2, who left Elis because he had been convicted of an unintentional homicide.
Aetolus 2 married Pronoe 2 and had by her two sons, Calydon and Pleuron, who gave their names to the Aetolian cities they founded.
This Xanthippe 1 was a daughter of Dorus 2, one of the three hosts that Aetolus 2 killed when he came to the land of the Curetes.
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