Autesion

Aute'sion

(Αὐτεσίων), a son of Tisamenus, grandson of Thersander, and great-grandson of Polyneices. He is called the father of Theras and Argeia, by the latter of whom Aristodemus became the father of Eurysthenes and Procles. He was a native of Thebes, where he had succeeded his father as king, but at the command of an oracle he went to Peloponnesus and joined the Dorians. (Apollod. 2.8.2; Paus. 3.15.4, 3.3, 9.5.8; Hdt. 4.147, 6.52; Strab. viii. p.347.) [L.S]

Autesion Autesion, a Theban

• descended from Polynices: Hdt. 4.147, Hdt. 6.52
• father of Argea: Apollod. 2.8.2
• son of Tisamenus: Paus. 3.15.6, Paus. 9.5.15
• father of Theras: Paus. 3.1.7, Paus. 4.3.4
• visited by Furies of Laius and Oedipus: Paus. 9.5.15
• migrates to Dorians: Paus. 9.5.15