Aleus

[ey-lee-uh s] /ˈeɪ li əs/

noun, Classical Mythology.

a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.

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If its fit for a littleary chap like tha reckons to be, it should be gooid enuff for a chap at keeps a Aleus at th' moor end.

Seets I' Paris John Hartley
But he was left in the city to care for Aleus now growing old, while he gave his son to join his brothers.

The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius

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