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A legendary king of Thespia (or Thespiae), Boetia. Thespius descends from Erechteus, one of the ancient kings of Athens. Desiring grandchildren by the hero Herakles, he offered his fifty daughters as a prize to the hero for killing a lion (not to be confused with the Nemean Lion). The hunt for the lion lasted fifty days, and during each night of the hunt Herakles slept with each of the fifty daughters, who in turn each gave birth to one son. Alternate sources claim that Herakles slept with the daughters in a single night. In this version, only forty-nine slept with the hero, with the fiftieth being destined to serve as a virgin prestess in a temple to Herakles. In this version there were fifty-one grandsons of Thespia, of which forty colonzied the island of Sardinia. The daughters are often referred to as the Thespiades. For the son of Alexander the Great, see Heracles (Macedon). ... Sardinia (Sardigna, Sardinna or Sardinnia in the Sardinian language, Sardegna in Italian, Sardenya in Catalan), is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (Sicily is the largest), between Italy, Spain and Tunisia, south of Corsica. ...
King Thespius of Thespiae in Boeotia entertained Heracles 1 for fifty days, and each night bedded one of his daughters with him.
Olympus is said to have been the pupil of Marsyas, but some say he is Marsyas' father by Hyagnis who invented the music of the double pipes with clever holes.
Auge 2 was seduced by Heracles 1 and she hid her child with him in the precinct of Athena, whose priesthood she held.
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