The Aleuadae (Ancient Greek: Ἀλευάδαι) were an ancient Thessalian family of Larissa, who claimed descent from the mythical Aleuas (Ἀλεύας).[1][2] The Aleuadae were the noblest and most powerful among all the families of Thessaly, whence Herodotus calls its members "rulers" or "kings" (βασιλεῖς).[3][4]
- ^ Smith, William (1867). "Aleuas, or Aleuadae". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. pp. 109–110. Archived from the original on 2007-04-05.
- ^ Pindar, Pythian Odes x. 8, with the scholia
- ^ Herodotus, vii. 6
- ^ Comp. Diodorus Siculus, xv. 61, xvi. 14