Neleus
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Nelei Proper-name adjective: masculine vocative plural, Proper-name adjective: neuter genitive singular, Proper-name adjective: masculine nominative plural, Proper-name adjective: masculine genitive singular of Neleus
Nelei Proper-name noun: masculine vocative singular, Proper-name noun: masculine genitive singular of Neleius
- a son of Neptune and the nymph Tyro, a king of Pylos, the father of twelve sons who were all, except Nestor, killed by Hercules, Ov. M. 2, 689; cf. id. ib. 12, 552; Hyg. Fab. 10.—Hence,
- A Nēlēĭus, a, um, adj., Nelean: Neleia Nestoris arva, Ov. H. 1, 63: Pyliae Neleia mella senectae, i.e. the eloquence of Nestor, Sil. 15, 459.—Esp. as subst.: Nēlēĭus, i, m., the Neleian, i.e. Nestor: haec postquam dulci Neleius edidit ore, Ov. M. 12, 577.—
- B Nēlēus, a, um, adj., Nelean: Nelea Pylos, Ov. M. 6, 418; 12, 558.—
- C Nēlīdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Nestor, a Nelide, Ov. M. 12, 553; Val. Fl. 1, 338.
(Νηλεύς), a son of Cretheus and Tyro, the daughter of Salmoneus. Tyro, previous to her marriage with Neleus, is said to have loved the river-god Enipeus; and in the form of Enipeus Poseidon once appeared to her, and became by her the father of Pelias and Neleus (Hom. Od. 11.234, &c.). Tyro exposed the two boys, but they were found and reared by horse herds, and when thee had grown up they learned who their mother was, and PIelias killed their fostermother, who had ill-used Tyro (Apollod. 1.9.8). After the death of Cretheus, the two brothers quarrelled about the succession to the throne of Iolcus. Neleus, who was expelled, went with Melampus and Bias to Pylos, which his uncle Aphareus gave to him (Apollod. 1.9.9; Diod. 4.68). Neleus thus became king of Pylos, which town he found in existence when he arrived there; but some state that he himself built Pylos, or at least that he erected the royal palace there (Paus. 4.2.3, 36.1). It should be observed that several towns of the name of Pylos claimed the honour of being the city of Neleus or of his son Nestor, such as Pylos in Messenia, Pylos in Elis, and Pylos in Triphylia; the last of which is probably the one mentioned by Homer in connection with Neleus and Nestor (Strab. viii. p.337). Neleus was married to Chloris, who, according to Homer (Hom. Od. 11.280, &c.), was a daughter of Amphion of Orchomenos, and according to others (Diod. l.c.) a Theban woman, and by her he became the father of Nestor, Chromius, Periclymenus, and Pero, though the total number of his sons was twelve (Od. 11.285, Il. 11.692; Apollod. 1.9.9; Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. 1.156). When Heracles had killed Iphitus, he went to Neleus to be purified; but Neleus, who was a friend of Eurytus, the father of Iphitus, refused to purify Heracles (Diod. 4.31). In order to take vengeance, Heracles afterwards marched against Pylos, and slew the sons of Neleus, with the exception of Nestor (Hom. Il. 11.690), though some later writers state that Neleus also wes killed (Apollod. 2.6.2, 7.3; Hyg. Fab. 10). Neleus was thus reduced to a state of defencelessness, and Augeas, king of the Epeians, availed himself of the opportunity for harassing his kingdom; among other things Augeas intercepted and kept for himself a team of four horses which Neleus had sent to the Olympian games (Hom. Il. 11.699, &c.). Neleus took vengeance for this by carrying away the flocks of the Epeians (Il. 11.670, &c.), whereupon the latter invaded the territory of Pylos, and besieged Thryoessa on the Alpheius. Athena informed Neleus of it, but he would not allow his son Nestor to venture out against the Epeians, and concealed his war steeds. But Nestor fought against them on foot, and was victorious (Il. 11.707, &c.). Pausanias says (2.2.2) that Neleus died at Corinth, and that he, in conjunction with Nestor, restored the Olympian games. The descendants of Neleus, the Neleidae, were expelled from their kingdom by the Heracleidae, and migrated for the most part to Athens (Paus. 2.18.7, 4.3.3). It should be observed that Hyginus (Hyg. Fab. 10, 14) calls the father of Neleus Hippocoon, and that he mentions him among the Argonauts. [L.S]
(Νηλεύς or Νείλεος), the younger son of Codrus, disputed the right of his elder brother Medon to the crown on account of his lameness, and when the Delphic oracle declared in favour of Medon, he placed himself at the head of the colonists who migrated to Ionia, and himself founded Miletus. His son Aepytus headed the colonists who settled in Priene. Another son headed a body of settlers who reinforced the inhabitants of Iasus, after they had lost a great number of their citizens in a war with the Carians. (Hdt. 9.97; Paus. 7.2.1, who in the old edition calls him Neileus; Plb. 16.12; Suidas, s. v. Ἰωνία; Strab. xiv. p.633.) [C.P.M]
a native of Scepsis, the son of Coriscus. He was a disciple of Aristotle and Theophrastus, the latter of whom bequeathed to him his library, and appointed him one of his executors. The history of the writings of Aristotle as connected with Neleus and his heirs, is fully discussed elsewhere. [Vol. I. p. 323.] Of the personal history of Neleus nothing further is known. (Strab. xiii. p.608b; D. L. 5.52, 53, 55, 56; Athen. 1.3a; Plut. Sull. p. 468. b; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. iii. p. 499.) [C.P.M]
NELEUS [EUBOEA Vol. 1. 872a.]
(Νηλεύς). (1) The son of Poseidon and Tyro, daughter of Salmoneus, and brother of Pelias. The brothers were exposed after birth by their mother, who afterwards married Cretheus of Iolcus; they were found by a herdsman and brought up by him until they grew up and were acknowledged by their mother. After Cretheus's death they quarrelled about the possession of Iolcus; and Neleus, together with Melampus and Bias , the sons of his half-brother Amythaon, retired into exile in Messenia, where Aphareus, Tyro's cousin, allowed them to occupy Pylus. By Chloris, daughter of Amphion, the king of the Minyan Orchomenus (it is only a later myth that identifies him with Amphion of Thebes), he became father of twelve sons, of whom Periclymenus and Nestor (q.v.) were the most celebrated, and one daughter, the beautiful Pero, bride of Bias. (See Melampus.) On his refusing to purify Heracles from the murder of Iphitus, Heracles invaded his country and slew all his sons, except Nestor , who chanced to be absent from home at the time. Nestor became the champion and avenger of the aged Neleus when the Epeans and their king Augeas, emboldened by his misfortune, ventured on acts of injustice towards him. According to one account, it was Neleus who renewed the Olympian Games, and died at Corinth, where, it was said, he was buried at the isthmus; according to others, he was slain along with his sons by Heracles.
(2) The younger son of Codrus, who disputed the right of his elder brother Medon to the throne. The Delphic oracle declared against him, and he migrated to Ionia, where he founded the city of Miletus (Herod.ix. 97).
(3) A disciple of Aristotle and Theophrastus. See Aristoteles, p. 129.
- his grave at Didymi: Paus. 7.2.6
- twin brother of Pelias: Apollod. 1.9.8
- son of Cretheus or of Poseidon, flees from Iolcus and settles at Pylos in Messenia: Paus. 4.2.5
- exposed by his mother: Apollod. 1.9.8
- quarrels with his brother, is banished and goes to Messene: Apollod. 1.9.9
- founds Pylos: Apollod. 1.9.9
- king of Pylos, marries Chloris, daughter of Amphion: Paus. 9.36.8, Paus. 10.29.6
- drives out Leleges from Pylos: Paus. 4.36.1
- with Peleus holds Olympic games: Paus. 5.8.2
- requires his daughter's suitors to procure cows of Iphiclus: Paus. 4.36.3, Paus. 10.31.10
- father of Nestor, etc: Apollod. 1.9.9, Apollod. 2.4.11
- refuses to purify Herakles: Apollod. 2.6.1
- slain with his sons by Herakles: Apollod. E.6.11
- buried on Isthmus of Corinth, but grave unknown: Paus. 2.2.2
- his descendants driven from Messenia by Dorians: Paus. 4.3.3, go to Athens: Paus. 2.18.9