Atys (King of Alba Longa)

Atys Silvius from Nuremberg chronicles

In Roman mythology, Atys /ˈeɪtɪs/ (said to have reigned 989-963 BC)[1] was a descendant of Alba and the sixth king of Alba Longa. Geoffrey of Monmouth asserted in his Historia Regum Britanniae that Silvius (whom he calls "Silvius Epitus") succeeded Alba at the same time that Solomon began to build the Temple in Jerusalem, and king Leil of Britain founded Carlisle.[2] The king is thought to be the Ancestor of Atia gens.[3]

Family tree

Descent of the Kings of Alba Longa
AnchisesVenusLatinusAmata
CreusaAeneasLavinia
IulusAscanius
Silvius
Aeneas Silvius
Latinus Silvius
Alba (Silvius)
Atys
Capys
Capetus
Tiberinus
Agrippa
Romulus Silvius
Aventinus
Proca
NumitorAmulius
Rhea SilviaMars
HersiliaRomulusRemus
Prima

Notes

  1. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus Roman Antiquities 1.71
  2. ^ Geoffrey of Monmouth (2007). Reeve, Michael D. (ed.). The History of the Kings of Britain. Arthurian Studies, 69. Translated by Wright, Neil. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. pp. 36–37. ISBN 9781843834410. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  3. ^ Virgil,Aeneid, Book 5, "Alter Atys, genus unde Attî duxere Latini : Parvus Atys, pueroque puer dilectus lülo "
Legendary titles
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