Neleides

Neleides (/ˈniːliɪdz/ NEEL-ee-idz; also Neleiades, Neleius and Neleidae; Greek: Νηλεῖδαι) was a patronymic of ancient Greece derived from Neleus, son of the Greek god Poseidon, and was used to refer to his descendants.[1] In literature, this name typically designated either Nestor, the son of Neleus, or Antilochus, his grandson.[2][3][4] One notable offshoot of this family line was the Alcmaeonidae.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Neleides". In William Smith. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 2. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 1150.
  2. ↑ Homer, Iliad viii. 100, xi. 617, x. 87, xxiii. 514
  3. ↑ Ovid, Metamorphoses xii. 553
  4. ↑ Herodotus, v. 65
  5. ↑ Smith, Philip (1867). "Alcmaeonidae". In William Smith. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. pp. 105–106.

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