Neleidae

Neleides

Neleides

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Neleides or Nelides (/ˈniːliɪdz/ NEEL-ee-idz; Ancient Greek: Nηλείδης; also Neleiades, Νηληιάδης, and Neleius), in the plural Neleidae (Ancient 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]

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  1. [1]
    Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Neleides". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 2. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 1150. Archived from the original on 2008-07-15.
  2. [2]
    Homer, Iliad viii. 100, xi. 617, x. 87, xxiii. 514
  3. [3]
    Ovid, Metamorphoses xii. 553
  4. [4]
    Herodotus, v. 65
  5. [5]
    Smith, Philip (1867). "Alcmaeonidae". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. pp. 105–106.

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