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, Queen Endeïs (;

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: Ενδηίς or Ενδαΐς) was the wife of King

Aeacus Aeacus (; also spelled Eacus; Ancient Greek: Αἰακός) was a king of the island of Aegina in Greek mythology. He was a son of Zeus and the nymph Aegina, and the father of the heroes Peleus and Telamon. According to legend, he was famous ...

and mother of the heroes

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and

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(since Peleus was the father of

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, Endeïs was Achilles's grandmother). The name is a dialect variant of Engaios (''Ἐγγαῖος'', "in the

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Family

Endeïs was either the daughter of

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and the

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Chariclo; the daughter of Pandion of

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; or the daughter of the Megarian warlord

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. In some versions, Endeïs's father, Sciron, married her to Aeacus after he declared Sciron the military leader of

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Mythology

Endeïs hated her stepson Phocus, Aeacus's son by the Nereid

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, and wished he were dead. It is also thought that Telamon and Peleus were jealous of Phocus because he excelled at athletic sports. In either case they drew lots and Telamon was chosen to murder Phocus, his half brother. This was done in a ruse at the

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which they convinced Phocus to participate in. In the sport, Telamon threw a discus under the pretense of participating in the competition. The projectile hit its target, "accidentally" killing Phocus. Both Telamon and Peleus hid the body of Phocus, but it was soon discovered. For this Aeacus exiled them both from Aegina.Greek Mythology Link (Carlos Parada) - Peleus

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References

*A.P. Burnett. "Pindar's Songs for Young Athletes of Aigina". Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. *M. Grant and J. Hazel. ''Who's Who in Classical Mythology''. David McKay & Co. Inc, 1979. * Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918
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*Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.
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*Tripp, Edward, ''Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology'', Thomas Y. Crowell Co; First edition (June 1970). . Women in Greek mythology Mythological Aeginetans {{Greek-myth-stub