Aloeus (/əˈljs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀλωεύς probably derived from ἀλοάω aloaō "to thresh, to tread" as well as "to crush, to smash") can indicate one of the two characters in Greek mythology:

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  1. ^ Diodorus Siculus, 5.50.6
  2. ^ a b Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Aloeus (1) and (2)". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 133.
  3. ^ Servius ad Virgil, Aeneid 6.582; Diodorus Siculus, 5.51.1
  4. ^ Diodorus Siculus, 5.50.6; Parthenius, 19 from the 2nd book of the Naxiaca of Andriscus
  5. ^ Scholia on Homer, Iliad 12.543; Homer, Odyssey 11.305; Apollodorus, 1.7.3
  6. ^ Virgil, Aeneid 6.582
  7. ^ Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.482
  8. ^ Scholia ad Pindar, Olympian Odes 13.52; Diophantus in scholia on Apollonius, 3.242
  9. ^ Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 174 (Gk text)
  10. ^ Pausanias, 2.1.1 & 2.3.10

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  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). "Alo'eus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). "Alo'eus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.