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Thespius (Ancient Greek: Θέσπιος) was a legendary founder and king of Thespiae, Boeotia. His life account is considered part of Greek mythology.

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  • Thespius (Ancient Greek: Θέσπιος) was a legendary founder and king of Thespiae, Boeotia. His life account is considered part of Greek mythology.
  • Thespius was a prominent citizen of Athens who later became a King in his own right. He had fifty daughters. While still a citizen of Athens, he and three of his daughters stayed at an inn near Mt. Aethion during the period when Hera had stolen fire from mortals. They encountered Hercules there. Later, sometime after becoming a King, he asked Hercules to sire a child for each of his daughters. The daughters pursued Hercules until he convinced them he would only father a child with a woman he loved.
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  • Thespius (Ancient Greek: Θέσπιος) was a legendary founder and king of Thespiae, Boeotia. His life account is considered part of Greek mythology.
  • Thespius was a prominent citizen of Athens who later became a King in his own right. He had fifty daughters. While still a citizen of Athens, he and three of his daughters stayed at an inn near Mt. Aethion during the period when Hera had stolen fire from mortals. They encountered Hercules there. Later, sometime after becoming a King, he asked Hercules to sire a child for each of his daughters. The daughters pursued Hercules until he convinced them he would only father a child with a woman he loved. At the wedding of Jason and Alcmene, Hercules asked Thespius' oldest daughter how the king was. She told him he was well.
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