Xuthus

, a son of Hellen, grandson of Deucalion. He was banished from The aly by his brothers, and came to Athens, where he married Creusa the daughter of king Erechtheus, by whom he had Achæus and Ion. He retired after the death of his father-in-law into Achaia, where he died. According to some, he had no children, but adopted Ion, the son whom Creusa, before her marriage, had borne to Apollo. Apollo dor us , bk. 1 , ch. 7 .— Pausanias , bk. 7 , ch. 1 .— Euripi des , Ion , bk. 1 , scene 1.