THE ÆOLIDS, OR SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF ÆOLUS.
Legends of Greece, originally isolated, afterwards
thrown into series.—_Æolus._—His seven sons and five
daughters.—1. _First Æolid line_—Salmôneus, Tyrô.—Pelias
and Nêleus.—Pêrô, Bias, and Melampus.—Periklymenos.—Nestor
and his exploits.—Nêleids down to Kodrus.—_Second Æolid
line_—Krêtheus.—Admêtus and Alcêstis.—Pêleus and the wife
of Acastus.—Pelias and Jasôn.—Jasôn and Mêdea.—Mêdea at
Corinth.—_Third Æolid line_—Sisyphus.—Corinthian genealogy
of Eumêlus.—Coalescence of different legends about Mêdea and
Sisyphus.—Bellerophôn.—_Fourth Æolid line_—Athamas.—Phryxus
and Hellê.—Inô and Palæmôn—Isthmian games.—Local root of the
legend of Athamas.—Traces of ancient human sacrifices.—Athamas
in the district near Orchomenos.—Eteoklês—festival of the
Charitêsia.—Foundation and greatness of Orchomenos.—Overthrow by
Hêraklês and the Thebans.—Trophônius and Agamêdês.—Ascalaphos and
Ialmenos.—Discrepancies in the Orchomenian genealogy.—Probable
inferences as to the ante-historical Orchomenos.—Its early wealth
and industry.—Emissaries of the lake Kôpaïs.—Old Amphiktyony at
Kalauria.—Orchomenos and Thebês.—Alcyonê and Kêyx.—Canacê.—The
Alôids.—Calycê.—Elis and Ætôlia.—Eleian genealogy.—Augeas.—The
Molionid brothers.—Variations in the Eleian genealogy.—Ætôlian
genealogy.—Œneus, Meleager, Tydeus.—Legend of Meleager in
Homer.—How altered by the poets after Homer.—Althæa and the
burning brand.—Grand Kalydônian boar-hunt.—Atalanta.—Relics of
the boar long preserved at Tegea.—Atalanta vanquished in the race
by stratagem.—Deianeira.—Death of Hêraklês.—Tydeus.—Old age of
Œneus.—Discrepant genealogies. 105-153