Achelous

River god who fathers Hippodamas by Perimede. His parents are separately attested in Hesiod. Primary Apollodoran parentage is the default where supplied; alternative parentage remains selectable. Unnamed coparents are unknown, not an assertion of uncreated origin.

Parentage

Recorded default; alternative parentage accounts are listed separately below.

• father: OceanusHesiod, Theogony 337–345 (primary)
• mother: TethysHesiod, Theogony 337–345 (primary)

Parentage accounts

Each account is a separate source claim. The parentage and children listed outside these accounts use the recorded default. Selecting an account in the interactive app updates its lineage, descent classification and inherited-power candidates. Linked pedigree accounts are selected together; other records retain their recorded parentage. Claims of ancestry are not proof of biological descent or attested powers.

• Hesiod: Oceanus and TethysHesiod names Achelous among the rivers born to Oceanus and Tethys. This source is distinct from the Apollodoran human genealogy.

  deity by descent in this account (claimed genealogy).

  • father: OceanusHesiod, Theogony 337–345 (primary)
  • mother: TethysHesiod, Theogony 337–345 (primary)
  Hesiod, Theogony 337–345 (primary)

Children

• Hippodamas, son of Achelous

Children in alternative accounts

• Hippodamas, son of Achelous: Apollodorus: Aetolian ancestryApollodorus, Library 1.7.3 (primary)

Relations

• father: OceanusHesiod, Theogony 337–345 (primary)
• mother: TethysHesiod, Theogony 337–345 (primary)
• child (Apollodoran account): Hippodamas, son of AchelousApollodorus, Library 1.7.3 (primary)

Sources

• River god who fathers Hippodamas by Perimede. His parents are separately attested in Hesiod.: Apollodorus, Library 1.7.3 (primary); Hesiod, Theogony 337–345 (primary)