Who Is Aeacus? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Aeacus is a In the Public Domain comic book character, with over 5 comic issue appearances. Greek mythology

Who is Aeacus?

In Greek mythology, Aeacus was king of Aegina island in the Saronic Gulf. He was very famous in the true sense of piety and justice with which he ruled his people and their judgments were sought from all over Greece, so that after his death he was appointed judge of the shadows in Erebus, along with the Cretans Minos and Rhadamanthys. A further elaboration of the myth that Rhadamanthys judged the souls of the eastern Aeacus those of the Hellenes (European) and Minos had the decisive vote Aeacus was the son of Zeus and Aegina, daughter of the river god Asopus, so birth linked to Olympians with chthonic water spirits of the country. His mother was taken by Zeus to the deserted island of Oenone, who since then was named: Aegina. It was one of the favorite sons of Zeus, to the point he tried to make him immortal, but the Fates (the target) was prevented. Realizing the infidelity of Zeus, Hera, his wife, sent a terrible plague that decimated the population of the island. Aeacus prayed to his father Zeus asking for help. The king of the gods became the ants of the island men, two who were called Myrmidons and later fight in the Trojan War.

Key facts

Aeacus and first appeared in "Spring Held Hostage". The character is published by In the Public Domain. With 5 recorded issue appearances, Aeacus ranks among the most featured characters in comics.