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  Houses of Elis and Calydon
Andraimon was the husband of Gorge, the daughter of Oeneus and Althaea.
Andraimon received the kingdom of Calydon, either because Oeneus was too old to rule, or he the aged king had died.
Althaea was the mother of two daughters: Deianeira, who would later marry Heracles, and Gorge, the wife of Andraimon.
www.timelessmyths.com /classical/calydon.html   (4381 words)

  
 argos15.html
Although Apollodoros calls Oxylos the son of Andraimon, this is quite improbable chronologically (insofar as there is such a thing as probability in mythic chronology), since Andraimon was the husband of Deianeira’s sister Gorge.
Pausanias calls Oxylos the son of Haimon and great-grandson of Andraimon; he also says that Oxylos was in exile because he had accidentally killed his brother Thermios with a poorly-aimed discus throw (just as Perseus had killed his grandfather Akrisios).
According to Pausanias, Tisamenos was not killed but expelled and went with an army to the region called Ionia on the north coast of the Peloponnese, where he asked the Ionians for permission for himself and his people to settle there.
sporadestours.com /argos15.html   (2238 words)

  
 OXYLUS : Greek demi-god of mountain forest ; mythology : OXYLOS
They had eight daughters, the Hamadryad nymphs, who each presided over a specific type of tree, and a son Andraimon, an early king of the Dryopes.
Apollon coupled with her and she ran full of fear to her father’s house, saying nother to her parents.
When Andraimon, son of Oxylos, later married her, she gave birth to Amphissos, the son of Apollon … He became the king of the places thereabouts.
www.theoi.com /Georgikos/Oxylos.html   (410 words)

  
 The Children of Herakles
Although Apollodoros calls Oxylos the son of Andraimon, this is quite improbable chronologically (insofar as there is such a thing as probability in mythic chronology), since Andraimon was the husband of Deianeira’s sister Gorge.
Pausanias calls Oxylos the son of Haimon and great-grandson of Andraimon; he also says that Oxylos was in exile because he had accidentally killed his brother Thermios with a poorly-aimed discus throw (just as Perseus had killed his grandfather Akrisios).
According to Pausanias, Tisamenos was not killed but expelled and went with an army to the region called Ionia on the north coast of the Peloponnese, where he asked the Ionians for permission for himself and his people to settle there.
www.greecetravel.com /greekmyths/argos15.htm   (2236 words)

  
 APPENDIX: A Catalogue of Heroines
[¶94.] 3) daughter of Pelias, married to Andraimon (Diod.
[¶318.] DRYOPE daughter of Dryopos, bears Amphissos to Apollo while married to Andraimon.
[¶447.] 1) daughter of Oineus and Althaia, sister of Meleager and Deianeira, wife of Andraimon (Apollod.
www.kairatos.com.gr /heroines.htm   (11831 words)

  
 Schulers Books (The Iliad of Homer - 7/61)
Them did Odysseus lead, the peer of Zeus in counsel, and with him followed twelve ships with vermillion prow.
And of the Aitolians Thoas was captain, the son of Andraimon, even of them that dwelt in Pleuron and Olenos and Pylene, and Chalkis on the sea-shore and rocky Kalydon.
For the sons of great-hearted Oineus were no more, neither did he still live, and golden-haired Meleagros was dead, to whose hands all had been committed, for him to be king of the Aitolians.
www.schulers.com /books/ho/i/The_Iliad_of_Homer/The_Iliad_of_Homer7.htm   (1583 words)

  
 The Iliad eBook
Them did Odysseus lead, the peer of Zeus in counsel, and with him followed twelve ships with vermillion prow.
And of the Aitolians Thoas was captain, the son of Andraimon, even of them that dwelt in Pleuron and Olenos and Pylene, and Chalkis on the sea-shore and rocky Kalydon.
For the sons of great-hearted Oineus were no more, neither did he still live, and golden-haired Meleagros was dead, to whose hands all had been committed, for him to be king of the Aitolians.
www.bookrags.com /ebooks/3059/26.html   (373 words)

  
 Homer, Andrew Lang, M.A., Walter Leaf, Litt.D., Ernest Myers, M.A.: Of the single combat between Alas and Hector, and ...
But of those of you that be chieftains of the host of the Achaians, yet desireth no man of good heart to meet Hector face to face." So the old man upbraided them, and there stood up nine in all.
Far first arose Agamemnon king of men, and after him rose Tydeus' son stalwart Diomedes, and after them the Aiantes clothed with impetuous might, and after them Idomeneus and Idomeneus' brother-in-arms Meriones, peer of Enyalios slayer of men, and after them Eurypylos Euaimon's glorious son; and up rose Thoas Andraimon's son and goodly Odysseus.
So all these were fain to fight with goodly Hector.
www.factmonster.com /t/lit/iliad-lang/book7.html   (3509 words)

  
 Schulers Books (The Iliad of Homer - 18/61)
But of those of you that be chieftains of the host of the Achaians, yet desireth no man of good heart to meet Hector face to face." So the old man upbraided them, and there stood up nine in all.
Far first arose Agamemnon king of men, and after him rose Tydeus' son stalwart Diomedes, and after them the Aiantes clothed with impetuous might, and after them Idomeneus and Idomeneus' brother-in-arms Meriones, peer of Enyalios slayer of men, and after them Eurypylos Euaimon's glorious son; and up rose Thoas Andraimon's son and goodly Odysseus.
So all these were fain to fight with goodly Hector.
schulers.com /books/ho/i/The_Iliad_of_Homer/The_Iliad_of_Homer18.htm   (2032 words)

  
 FREE MonkeyNotes Chapter Summary-The Iliad by Homer-The Illiad by Homer-Online Book Notes Booknotes Synopsis Study ...
The Cephallenians command twelve ships and are led by Odysseus.
The Aitolians command forty ships and are led by Andraimon's son.
The Cretans, with their eighty ships, are led by Idomeneus.
www.pinkmonkey.com /booknotes/monkeynotes/pmIlliad18.asp   (1426 words)

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