Aeropus

The name Aeropus appears in multiple, distinct origin traditions. In one strand recorded in mythic summaries, Aeropus is said to be the son of Ares and Aerope: Aerope died in labor, but “the child survived by sucking its dead mother's breasts, which Ares had caused to still produce an abundance of milk” (source: Aerope / Ares summaries cited in Wikidata and Greek myth summaries) (sources: Wikidata; Aerope entry summaries) . In other local genealogical accounts Aeropus is instead presented as a son of Cepheus, King of Tegea, serving as an eponymous ancestor within Arcadian/Tegean royal lineages and cited as father or ancestor of the hero-king Echemus (sources: Wikipedia list; Greek Legends and Myths; regional Arcadia summaries). Separately, the same name is borne by historical figures called Aeropus I and Aeropus II of Macedon and by an individual named Aeropus in the Botres metamorphosis tale who becomes a bird; these are distinct referents sharing the name rather than a single continuous biography (sources: Wikipedia; pothos.org; Wikipedia Aeropus entry).

The provided sources offer no descriptive iconography or physical depiction for Aeropus. Different referents carrying the name imply different plausible appearances (a mortal youth or king in genealogical lists; a bird in the Botres metamorphosis), but no primary description or established iconographic attributes for any Aeropus is recorded in the cited material (sources: Wikipedia; Wikidata; Greek legends summaries).

No ongoing supernatural powers or recurring magical behaviors are attributed to Aeropus in the supplied sources. The Ares–Aerope tradition includes a miraculous infancy detail—survival by nursing at his dead mother's breasts made to produce milk by Ares—which is a one-time narrative miracle concerning his survival rather than an repeatedly exercised power (source: Aerope / Ares summaries). Other attestations present Aeropus as a genealogical/royal figure (father/ancestor of Echemus; Macedonian kings) implying social or martial status by kinship and office in their respective traditions, but the sources do not ascribe sorcery, haunting, or spirit-activity to him (sources: Greek Legends and Myths; Arcadia summaries; Wikipedia).