Ægialeus

, son of Adrastus by Amphitea or Demo an a a, was one of the Epigoni, i.e. one of the sons of those generals who were killed in the first Theban war. They went against the The bans, who had refused to give burial to their fathers, and were victorious. They all returned home safe, except Ægialeus, who was killed. That expedition is called the war of the Epigoni. Pausanias , bk. 1 , chs. 43, 44; bk. 2 , ch. 20 ; bk. 9 , ch. 5 .— Apollo dor us , bk. 1 , ch. 9 ; bk. 3 , ch. 7 .――The same as Absyrtus brother to Medea. Justin , bk. 42 , ch. 3 .— Cicero , de Natura Deorum , bk. 3 .— Diodorus , bk. 4 .