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Andreus
In
Greek mythology
,
Andreus
may
refer to
two
distinct
individuals:
Andreus, son of the
river-god
Peneus
in
Thessaly
, from whom the
district
about
Orchomenos
in
Boeotia
was called
Andreis
. With
Evippe
,
daughter
of
Leucon
, Andreus had a son
Eteocles
, his
successor
.
Andreus, in another
passage
Pausanias
speaks
of Andreus as the
person
who first
colonized
the island
of
Andros
. According to
Diodorus Siculus
, Andreus was one of the
generals
of
Rhadamanthys
, from whom he received the
island
afterwards
called Andros as a present.
Stephanus of Byzantium
,
Conon
and
Ovid
call
this first
colonizer
"Andrus" and not Andreus.