Auge
Sign in to savethumb|Auge and a drunken Heracles, bronze mirror case from Elis (city)|Elis (c. 325 BC). [[National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Stathatos 312.]]
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- Gender
- female
- Child
- Telephus
- Father
- Aleus
- Sibling
- Lycurgus of Arcadia
- Image
- 0297 - Archaeological Museum, Athens - Heracles and Auge - Photo by Giovanni Dall'Orto, Nov 11 20.jpg
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- unmarried partner
- Heracles
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- Augé
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Family
- Mythology
- From Arcadia to Mysia
- Telephus
- Iconography
- See also
- Notes
- References
thumb|Auge and a drunken Heracles, bronze mirror case from Elis (city)|Elis (c. 325 BC). [[National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Stathatos 312.]]
In Greek mythology, Auge (; ;), was the daughter of Aleus the king of Tegea in Arcadia, and the virgin priestess of Athena Alea. She was also the mother of the hero Telephus by Heracles. thumb|Heracles and Auge, antique fresco in Pompeii
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