Xuthus
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Xuthus
In
Greek mythology
, Xuthus (Classical Greek ) was a son of
Hellen
and
Orseis
and founder (through his sons) of the Achaean and Ionian nations. He had two sons by
Creusa
:
Ion
and
Achaeus
and a daughter named
Diomede
. According to
Hesiod
's (probably) "Eoiae" (
Greek
: Ηοίαι) or "
Catalogue of Women
" on the origin of the
Greeks
, Pandora (named after her grandmother
Pandora
, sister of
Hellen
and daughter of
Deukalion
and
Pyrrha
) together with Zeus had three sons:
Graecus
,
Magnetas
and
Macedon
who together with
Hellen
's three sons
Dorus
,
Xuthus
(with his sons
Ion
and
Achaeus
) and
Aeolos
, comprised the set of progenitors of the ancient tribes that formed the
Greek
/
Hellenic
nation.
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Xuthus
[Greek] The son of Hellen and mythical ancestor of the Achaeans and Ionians. The Achaeans were a people of an ancient region in the northern Peloponnisos, Greece. The region where they lived was known as Achaea.
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