| Athens (5201 words) |
 | His father Melanthus, a descendant of Neleus, king of Pylos in Messenia (the father of Nestor), settled in Attica after being ousted from Pylos by the Heraclidæ. |
| The king of Athens at the time, a descendant of Theseus named Thymoetes, offered him his throne in reward for having volunteered to fight in single combat Xanthus, the king of Thebes to end a war between the two cities about the border city of Oenoe, and having defeated him. |
| During his reign, the Peloponnesians waged war against Athens and were promised victory by the oracle of Delphi on condition that they not kill the king. |
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