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In Greek mythology, Echemus (; , Ekhemos) was the Tegean king of Arcadia who succeeded Lycurgus.

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In Greek mythology, Echemus (; , Ekhemos) was the Tegean king of Arcadia who succeeded Lycurgus.

== Family == Echemus was the son of Aeropus, son of King Cepheus. He was married to Timandra, daughter of Leda and Tyndareus of Sparta. Timandra bore him a son, Ladocus, before deserting Echemus for Phyleus, the king of Dulichium. This lineage made Echemus a part of the Greek mythical family Atreidai, which stood in direct opposition to the Heracleidae, and emphasised the "pre-dorian" ancestry of the Tegeans and Arcadians.

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