Xuthus
Greek · mortal · heroic age · Recorded classification
Authored as the named-but-absent spouse. His father Hellen, brothers Aeolus and Dorus, and son Achaeus are named in the tradition but lack corpus entries, so they are described rather than wired.
Domains
- ancestry of a people
Powers
- fathers Achaeus and Ion, eponymous ancestors of the Achaeans and Ionians
Epithets
- Ξοῦθος Ἕλληνος — Xuthus son of HellenHdt. 7.94 (primary)
Relations
- spouse: Creusa of AthensApollod. 1.7.3; Eur. Ion 57-64 (primary)
- father of: IonAccepted social-father of Ion; the Euripidean denouement keeps Apollo the true father while Xuthus rears him.Eur. Ion 1553-1605 (social/accepted father); Apollod. 1.7.3 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Apollodorus 1.7.3; Herodotus 7.94, 8.44; Euripides Ion; Hesiod Catalogue fr. 9-10 (primary)
- marriage-to-Creusa: Apollodorus 1.7.3; Euripides Ion 57-64 (primary)