The Messenians were a peoples of the south-western Peloponessos. They resided mainly in Pylos.
Rulers of Messenia[]
Neleids[]
- Neleus, son of Poseidon and Tyro, brother of Pelias and Amythaon
Nestor, most notable of the kings of Messenia and Pylos
- Nestor, son of Neleus and Chloris
- Thrasymedes, son of Nestor and Eurydice
- Aretus, son of Nestor and Eurydice
- Paeon, son of Antilochus, grandson of Nestor and Eurydice
- Melanthus , son of Paeon and ancestor of the Alcmaeonidae of Athens, also King of Athens
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Heraclids[]
- Cresphontes, son of Aristomachus, grandson of Cleodamus, great-grandson of Hyllus, great-great-grandson of Heracles and Deinaeira.
Conquered by Lacadaemon/Sparta[]
| Peoples in Greek mythology | |
|---|---|
| Achaeans | Aeginetans • Aeolians • Aetolians • Arcadians • Argives • Athenians • Boeotians • Corinthians • Cretans • Cypriots • Dorians • Eleans • Epirotes • Euboeans • Ithacans • Lapiths • Locrians • Magnetes • Megarians • Messenians • Minyans • Mycenaeans • Myrmidons • Phocians • Rhodians • Salaminians • Sicyonians • Spartans |
| Anatolians | Carians • Cilicians • Halizones • Idaeans • Larissans • Lycians • Lydians • Maeonians • Mysians • Paphlagonians • Percoteans • Phrygians • Trojans |
| Others | Aethiopians • Amazons • Ciconians • Colchians • Egyptians • Latins • Libyans • Paeonians • Phoenicians • Tenedians • Thracians |