Editing Aegeus (section)

== Family ==
Aegeus was the son of [[Pandion II]], king of Athens<ref>Hyginus, ''[[Fabulae]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#26 26] & [https://topostext.org/work/206#48 48]</ref> and [[Pylia (mythology)|Pylia]], daughter of King [[Pylas]] of [[Megara]]<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 3.15.5</ref> and thus, brother to [[Pallas (son of Pandion)|Pallas]], [[Nisos|Nysus]], [[Lycus (mythology)|Lykos]] and the wife of [[Sciron]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 1.39.6</ref> But, in some accounts, he was regarded as the son of [[Scyrius]] or [[Phemius (mythology)|Phemius]] and was not of the stock of the [[Erechtheus|Erechtheids]], since he was only an adopted son of Pandion.<ref>Compare Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.15.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 3.15.5]; [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]] ad [[Lycophron]], [https://topostext.org/work/860#494 494]; [[Plutarch]], ''Theseus'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plut.%20Thes.%2013&lang=original 13]</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}}

Aegeus' first wife was [[Meta (mythology)|Meta]],<ref>Compare [[Metis (mythology)|Metis]].</ref> daughter of [[Hoples]] and his second wife was [[Chalciope]], daughter of [[Rhexenor]], neither of whom bore him any children.<ref name=":0">Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.15.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 3.15.6]</ref> He was also credited to be the father of [[Medus]] by the witch [[Medea]].<ref>Hyginus, ''[[Fabulae]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#27 27], [https://topostext.org/work/206#244 244] & [https://topostext.org/work/206#275 275]</ref> In a rare account, Pallas was also said to be the son of Aegeus.<ref>[[Servius (grammarian)|Servius]] on [[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' 8.54</ref> The latter was also said to fathered [[Megareus of Onchestus|Megareus]], eponymous founder of [[Megara]].<ref>[[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. ''[https://topostext.org/work/241#M438.13 Megara (Μέγαρα)]''</ref>

Aegeides (Αἰγείδης), was a patronymic from Aegeus and especially used to designate Theseus.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DA%3Aentry+group%3D5%3Aentry%3Daegeides-bio-1 A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Aegeides]</ref>