Alexiares
deity sky Greek single tradition · 4
Alexiares is the twin-son of Heracles/Hercules and Hebe/Juventas. Alongside his father, he is a guardian of the gates of Mount Olympus.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in early Greek mythic tradition, later referenced in Greco‑Buddhist art.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Gozu Tennō, Kushiel, Zabaniyya, Iris, Hebe, Ha, Heng, Om, Chenghuangshen, Meng Po, Heibai Wuchang, Zhong Kui, Đầu Trâu, Mặt Ngựa, Lugalirra, Hecate, Hermes, Dionysus, Cerberus, Persephone, Adonis, Enodia, Charon, Hera, Eileithyia, Meslamtaea, Horse-Face, Ox-Head, Vajrapāṇi, Castor, Pollux, Janus, Jaya-Vijaya, Skanda, Lugal-irra, Meslamta-ea
- sibling of
- Anicetus
Mentioned by
- Chenghuangshen
- Meng Po
- Heibai Wuchang
- Zhong Kui
- Đầu Trâu
- Mặt Ngựa
- Lugalirra
- Hecate
- Hermes
- Dionysus
- Cerberus
- Persephone
- Adonis
- Enodia
- Charon
- Hera
and 16 more
Sources
wikipedia (4)
Source passages
“Alexiares and Anicetus, twin-sons of Heracles/Hercules and Hebe/Juventas; alongside their father, they are the guardians of the gates of Mount Olympus.”
#14575 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Hebe had two children with Heracles: Alexiares and Anicetus. Although nothing is known about these deities beyond their names, there is a fragment by Callimachus that makes a reference to Eileithyia, Hebe's sister and the goddess of childbirth, attending to Hebe while in labour.”
#28481 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Alexiares and Anicetus”
#34805 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat