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{{Short description|Son of Odysseus in Greek mythology}}
According to the Greek historian [[Xenagoras (historian)|Xenagoras]], '''Ardeas''' or '''Ardias''' or '''Ardeias''' ({{langx|grc| Ἀρδείας}}) was a son of [[Odysseus]] and [[Circe]]. He was said to have founded [[Ardea, Lazio|Ardea]], a city in [[Latium]].<ref>Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus/1D*.html 1.72.5], trans. Ernest Cary</ref><ref>{{cite DGRBM|title=Ardeas|url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DA%3Aentry+group%3D37%3Aentry%3Dardeas-bio-1}}</ref>

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[[Category:Children of Odysseus]]
[[Category:Children of Circe]]
[[Category:Mythological city founders]]

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