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Aleuadae (Ancient Gr****: Ἀλευάδαι) were an
ancient Thessalian family of Larissa, who
claimed descent from the
mythical Aleuas (Ἀλεύας). The
Aleuadae were...
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Thessaly who was the
eponymous ancestor of the
noble Aleuadae family of Larissa. See:
Aleuadae. Aleuas, a
historical artist who was
famous in his day...
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descended from the
ancient kings. Thus
Larissa was
subject to the
Aleuadae,
whence Herodotus (vii. 6)
calls them
kings of Thessaly ;
Cranon or Crannon...
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after the
death of Aleuas, it is
believed that the
Aleuadae split into two families, the
Aleuadae and the Scopadae. The
former were
based in the city...
- mid-August). In 476 BC,
Leotychidas led an
expedition to
Thessaly against the
Aleuadae family for
collaboration with the
Persians but
withdrew after being bribed...
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coast on the way to
recapture Amphipolis. At the
request of the
Thessalian Aleuadae,
Alexander intervened in a
civil war in Thessaly. He
successfully gained...
- Thessalians, he
recovered his kingdom. Medius, head of the
house of the
Aleuadae of Larissa, is
believed to have
provided aid to
Amyntas in
recovering his...
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lowlands of
Thessaly became the home of
baronial families, such as the
Aleuadae of
Larissa or the
Scopads of Crannon. In the
summer of 480 BC, the Persians...
- few
aristocratic families, as an
important city
under the rule of the
Aleuadae,
whose authority extended over the
whole district of Pelasgiotis. This...
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Eurylochus (Thessalian general) (6th
century BC),
Thessalian general from the
Aleuadae family who
fought in the
First Sacred War
Eurylochus (Spartan general)...
