Aleuas
Ăleuas, ae, m., = Ἀλεύας.
- A tyrant of Larissa, slain by his own servants, Ov. Ib. 321 and 509 Merk.—
- II A worker in bronze, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 86.
Aleuas
(Ἀλεύας). A Thessalian, descended from Heracles, who ruled at Larissa. He was the reputed founder of the Aleuadae, a distinguished family of which two branches are mentioned; the Aleuadae and the Scopadae—the former remaining at Larissa, the latter inhabiting Crannon. In the Second Persian War the Aleuadae espoused the Persian cause, and gave aid to Xerxes (B.C. 480) (Herod.vii. 6). After the war, when Leotychides was sent to Thessaly to punish those who had proved disloyal to Greece, the Aleuadae bribed him to a mild course. At a later period, Philip of Macedon found the Aleuadae useful allies.