Aeacus
Ruler of the Myrmidons. Son of Aegina (a river nymph) and Zeus. Sources are Apollodorus’s Library , Hesiod’s Theogony , Hyginus’s Fabulae (fifty two),
and Ovid’s Metamorphoses . Aeacus had a recognition for sound judgment and piety. Zeus transformed ants at the island of Aegina into the Myrmidons, and Aeacus reigned over them. According to Ovid, the population of the island have been destroyed by an epidemic delivered upon them via the jealousy of Hera. Aeacus married Endeis, and
their sons had been Peleus and Telamon. With Psamathe (a Nereid), Aeacus had a son, Phocus. Peleus and Telamon have been jealous of Phocus and killed him. When Aeacus discovered the murder, he exiled his sons. Aeacus become an honored figure in Hades similarly to Minos and Rhadamanthys.
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