strongest. Sons of Hellen and the nymph Orseis were Dorus, Xuthos, and Aeolus. Sons of Xuthos and Kreousa, daughter of Erechthea, were Ion and Achaeus....

and Euripides report that the festival's origins lie in the help either Xuthos or his son Ion granted to the Athenians when they were attacked by Eumolpos...

by Hermes. Years later, when Creusa arrived to Delphi with her husband, Xuthos, to ask why they cannot have children, she is reunited with her son. Following...