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Aleuas or Alevas ( el, Ἀλεύας) can refer to more than one person from ancient Greek myth and history: *Aleuas, the mythical king and seer of Thessaly who was the eponymous ancestor of the noble Aleuadae family of Larissa. ''See:
Aleuadae The Aleuadae ( grc, Ἀλευάδαι) were an ancient Thessalian family of Larissa, who claimed descent from the mythical Aleuas. The Aleuadae were the noblest and most powerful among all the families of Thessaly, whence Herodotus calls its membe ...
.'' *Aleuas, a historical artist who was famous in his day for his statues of philosophers.
Pliny the Elder Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/2479), called Pliny the Elder (), was a Roman author, naturalist and natural philosopher, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic '' ...
, '' Naturalis Historia'' xxxiv. 8. s. 19, 26


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