In Greek mythology, Proetus (/ˈpriːtəs/; Ancient Greek: Προῖτος Proitos) may refer to the following personages: Proetus, king of Argos and Tiryns, son...

Greek mythology, Proetus (/ˈpriːtəs/ Ancient Greek: Προῖτος, romanized: Proîtos), the son of Abas, was a king of Argos and Tiryns. Proetus' father was Abas...

Acrisius and Proetus were said to have quarrelled even in the womb of their mother and when Abas died and Acrisius had grown up, he expelled Proetus from his...

Proetus is a genus of proetid trilobite found in Silurian-aged marine strata of Europe. The generic name commemorates Proetus (Ancient Greek: Προῖτος)...

a third tradition, Acrisius had been driven into exile by his brother Proetus. Perseus petrified the brother with Medusa's head and restored Acrisius...

this crime, he had to make a plea to Proetus, a king in Tiryns, one of the Achaean strongholds of the Argolid. Proetus, by virtue of his kingship, cleansed...

Mycenaean times, while the allied branch descended from Perseus' great-uncle Proetus ruled in Argos. Perseus and Andromeda had seven sons: Perses, Alcaeus,...

accused Ares of murder, and the matter was settled on the Areopagus. Tereus Proetus The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology by Robin Hard (2004). Based on...

on the source), he had twin sons Acrisius (grandfather of Perseus) and Proetus, and one daughter, Idomene. According to Pausanias, Abas had also an illegitimate...

cattle") was the daughter of Iobates, king in Lycia. She was the consort of Proetus, joint-king in the Argolid with Acrisius, having his seat at Tiryns. According...

sorrow") is a name that refers to two characters: Megapenthes, a son of Proetus. Megapenthes, a son of Menelaus. Apollodorus, 2.2.2. Pausanias, 3.19.9...

sorrow") was a king of Argos. Megapenthes was the son and successor of Proetus and father of either Argeus or Anaxagoras (in some accounts, Anaxagoras...

Tradition also associates the walls with Proetus, the sibling of Acrisius, king of Argos. According to the legend Proetus, pursued by his brother, fled to Lycia...

proteus (disambiguation) Protei (disambiguation) Proetus, name of multiple Greek mythical characters Proetus (trilobite), a genus of trilobite This disambiguation...

Dionysus went to Argos where all the women except the daughters of King Proetus joined in his worship. Dionysus punished them by driving them mad, and...

lions. These, too, are said to be the work of the Cyclopes, who made for Proetus the wall at Tiryns. (2.16.5) Going on from here and turning to the right...

of Stheneboea who loved Bellerophon more than her current husband, King Proetus of Argos. She was promised to Bellerophon after he vanquished the Chimera...

beginning of the quest is that Bellerophon encountered Proetus, who grew intensely jealous of him. Proetus was the son-in-law of Iobates, and sent Bellerophon...

Antoninus Liberalis used a myth to explain this association: At Thebes Proetus had a daughter Galinthias. This maiden was playmate and companion of Alcmene...

Ocalea, daughter of Mantineus. She married Abas and had twins: Acrisius and Proetus. Aglaea, mother of Melampus and Bias by Amythaon. Aglaea, a Thespian princess...

The goddess was so called, because it was here that the daughters of Proetus were purified from their madness. They had concealed themselves in a large...

him from Seriphos to Argos, presumably to build the walls of Mycenae. Proetus, the mythical king of ancient Argos, was said to have brought a group of...

priestess in Argos. Iasus and Pelasgus - Sons of Phoroneus or Triopas. Proetus and Acrisius - Rival twins, children of Abas and Aglaea or Ocalea. Porphyrion...

Mantineus and by her husband, she became the mother of twin sons, Acrisius and Proetus. Often, she was referred to as Aglaia. Apollodorus, 2.2.1. Apollodorus...

the Telchines. "Antaea" was also another name for Stheneboea, wife of Proetus. Orphic Hymn to Mother Antaia (40), 1; Apollonius of Rhodes 1.1141; Hesychius...

(hound), hound of Icarius, was turned into the dog star Maera, daughter of Proetus the son of Thersander, mother of Locrus by Zeus Maera, daughter of Atlas...

nymph. Iphianassa, one of the three maenadic daughters of the Argive king Proetus by Stheneboea who were purified of their madness by Melampus. Iphianassa...

account of Antoninus Liberalis makes Galinthias a daughter of the Theban Proetus, and a playmate of Alcmene. In his version, Eileithyia and the Moerae came...

detail: Melampus lived in Pylos during the reign of Anaxagoras or possibly Proetus. The king offered a reward for anybody that could heal his son, who suffered...

and Coronus, eponyms of Haliartus and Coronea, respectively, and also Proetus, himself the father of Maera who was known to have died a maiden. Thersander...