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He was a son of Zeus and Niobe, daughter of Phoroneus, and was possibly the brother of Pelasgus. [1] Argus married either Evadne, the daughter of Strymon and Neaera, or Peitho the Oceanid, [2] and had by her six sons: Criasus, Ecbasus, [3] Iasus, Peiranthus (or Peiras, Peirasus, Peiren), Epidaurus and Tiryns (said by Pausanias to be the namesake of the city Tiryns). [4]
King of Mycenae and son of Agamemnon of the Trojan War. Orestes gained the throne of Argos and Sparta upon the death of Cylarabes. Tisamenos. Son of Orestes. He was the final king of Argos, Mycenae and Sparta before the kingdom was conquered by the Heracleidae.
Aegialeus (king of Argos) Agenor of Argos; Ajax the Great; Alector; Amphiaraus; Amphilochus I of Argos; Anaxagoras (mythology) Apis (Greek mythology) Apis of Argos; Argeus of Argos; Argus (king of Argos)
The city of Argos was believed to be the birthplace of the mythological character Perseus, the son of the god Zeus and Danaë, who was the daughter of the king of Argos, Acrisius. After the original 17 kings of Argos, there were three kings ruling Argos at the same time (see Anaxagoras ), [ 33 ] one descended from Bias , one from Melampus , and ...
Argus (king of Argos), son of Zeus (or Phoroneus) and Niobe (Argive). [2] Argus, son of Callirhoe and Piras (son of the above Argus) and brother to Arestorides and Triops. [3] Argus, son of Phineus and Danaë, in a rare variant of the myth in which she and her two sons (the other being Argeus) travel to Italy. [citation needed]
Inachus was also said to be first priest at Argos, the country was frequently called the land of Inachus. [18] Jerome and Eusebius (both citing Castor of Rhodes), and as even late as 1812, John Lemprière [19] euhemeristically asserted that he was the first king of Argos reigning for 50 years [20] (B.C. 1807 [21]). Inachus divided the ...
Argus Panoptes (Argus "All-Eyes"), a giant with a hundred eyes; Argus, the eldest son of Phrixus and Chalciope; Argus, the son of Phineus and Danaë, in a variant of the myth; Argus or Argos (dog), belonging to Odysseus; Argus or Argeus (king of Argos), son of Megapenthes; Argus, one of Actaeon's dogs; Argus, a watchful guardian
Argeius or Argus, a king of Argos around 1600 BCE, and successor to Apis, king of Argos, according to Tatian. Argius, an Egyptian prince as one of the sons of King Aegyptus. [1] His mother was a Phoenician woman and thus full brother of Agaptolemus, Cercetes, Aegius, Aegius, Archelaus and Menemachus.