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Aleuas

Aleuas, in Modern Greek Alevas, can refer to more than one person from ancient Greek myth and history:Aleuas, the mythical king and seer of Thessaly who was the eponymous ancestor of the noble Aleuadae family of Larissa. See: Aleuadae. Aleuas, a historical artist who was famous in his day for his statues of philosophers.

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Aleuas (Greek: Ἀλεύας) (IPA /aːλeyːəs/), in Modern Greek Alevas, can refer to more than one person from ancient Greek myth and history:

  • Aleuas, the mythical king and seer of Thessaly who was the eponymous ancestor of the noble Aleuadae family of Larissa. See: Aleuadae.
  • Aleuas, a historical artist who was famous in his day for his statues of philosophers.12
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  1. Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia xxxiv. 8. s. 19, 26
  2. Mason, Charles Peter (1867). "Aleuas". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 110. Archived from the original on 2009-04-25.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Aleuas". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.