Apheidas of Arcadia

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Apheidas (/əˈfdəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀφείδας) was, in Greek mythology, the son of Arcas by either Erato, Leaneira[1][2] (or Laodameia), Meganeira (daughter of Crocon), or the nymph Chrysopeleia. Through this parentage, he was the brother of Elatus, Azan and Tripylus. Aphidas' children were Aleus and Stheneboea.[3] After his father's death, Apheidas became king of Tegea.

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  1. ^ Scholion on Euripides, Orestes 1646
  2. ^ Fowler, Robert L. (2013). Early Greek Mythography: Volume II Commentary. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-19-814741-1.
  3. ^ Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 1.162 with scholia; Apollodorus, 3.9.1; Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.4.2-4; Tzetzes on Lycophron, Alexandra 480

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  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSchmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Aphacitis". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 224.