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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.
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]
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 ...
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)
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.
According to the mythographer Apollodorus, Iasus was the son of Argus and Ismene (daughter of Asopus) and thus brother of Argus Panoptes. [2] In a Scholia on Euripides' Orestes, Triopas and Sosis are called his parents and Pelasgus is his brother. [3] Pausanias described Iasus as the son of Triopas (son of Phorbas) and brother of Agenor. [4]
Argus' parentage is debated, but most often he is referred to be the son of Arestor.The latter was a member of the Argive royal house, [3] is given as his father by Apollonius Rhodius [4] and John Tzetzes, [5] but Hyginus says Argus' parents were Polybus and Argia [6] or Danaus to be his father.