Alyzeus
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Alyzeus was in Greek mythology
a son of Icarius
and Polycaste
, and brother of Penelope
and Leucadius. After his father's death, he reigned in conjunction with his brother over Acarnania
, and is said to have founded the town of Alyzeia (modern Alyzia
) there.
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...
a son of Icarius
Icarius
In Greek mythology, there were two people named Icarius or Ikários .-Icarius of Sparta:One Icarius was the son of either Perieres and Gorgophone or of Oebalus and Bateia, brother of Hippocoon and Tyndareus and, through Periboea, father of Penelope, Perileos, Thoas, Damasippus, Imeusimus, Aletes...
and Polycaste
Polycaste
Polycaste is the name of two separate women in Greek mythology:*Polycaste is the daughter of Nestor and Eurydice . She bathed Telemachus on his way to Pylos and later married him. They had a son, Persepolis....
, and brother of Penelope
Penelope
In Homer's Odyssey, Penelope is the faithful wife of Odysseus, who keeps her suitors at bay in his long absence and is eventually reunited with him....
and Leucadius. After his father's death, he reigned in conjunction with his brother over Acarnania
Acarnania
Acarnania is a region of west-central Greece that lies along the Ionian Sea, west of Aetolia, with the Achelous River for a boundary, and north of the gulf of Calydon, which is the entrance to the Gulf of Corinth. Today it forms the western part of the prefecture of Aetolia-Acarnania. The capital...
, and is said to have founded the town of Alyzeia (modern Alyzia
Alyzia
Alyzia is a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Xiromero, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located on the central west coast of Aetolia-Acarnania, near the island community of Kálamos. It has a...
) there.