Aethiolas

Greek · quartigod · heroic age · Recorded classification

Quartigod son of Helen and Menelaus; together with Nicostratus, received Lacedaemonian hero-cult at Sparta. The Iliad 3.175 scholiast preserves the cult attestation alongside the Hesiodic-catalogue parentage. No narrative episodes survive — known only as a name and a cult.

Parentage

maternal: Helen
paternal: Menelaus

Relations

sibling: HermioneFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
sibling: NicostratusFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
sibling: PleisthenesFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
sibling: MaraphiusFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.

Sources

existence: Hesiodic catalogue fragment; scholiast on Homer Iliad 3.175 (primary)
parentage: Hes. cat. fr.; schol. Hom. Il. 3.175 (primary)

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