• the Lapiths, was the daughter of an Adrastus, possibly referring to this Adrastus. The Iliad refers to Adrastus as king of Sicyon, but does not explain...
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    spear. Croesus came to Adrastus then to ask him for a favour, asking that he guard and protect his son on the hunt, and Adrastus accepted and accompanied...
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    Adrastus, the king of Argos, to be the captains of an Argive army whose purpose was to restore Oedipus' son Polynices to the Theban throne. Adrastus,...
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    Argea /ɑːrˈdʒiːə/ (Ancient Greek: Ἀργεία Argeia) was a daughter of King Adrastus of Argos, and of Amphithea, daughter of Pronax. She was married to Polynices...
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  • Greek mythology Adrastus or Adrestus (Ancient Greek: Ἄδραστος or Ἄδρηστος), (perhaps meaning "the inescapable"), usually refers to: Adrastus, the son of Talaus...
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  • Arion (horse) (section Notes)
    combat with Ares' son Cycnus. Later Heracles gave Arion to Adrastus, the king of Argos. Adrastus took Arion with him on the disastrous expedition of the...
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  • Epigoni (section Notes)
    Pausanias also adds: Polydorus, son of Hippomedon Adrastus and Timeas, sons of Polynices Hyginus also makes note of: Biantes and Tlesimenes, sons of Parthenopaeus...
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    welcomed by the king, Adrastus who gives him his daughter, Argia, for his wife. Polynices then pleads his case to King Adrastus, requesting his help to...
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  • Αἰγιάλεια) was, in Greek mythology, a daughter of Adrastus and Amphithea, or of Aegialeus the son of Adrastus, whence she bears the surname of Adrastine. One...
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  • Adrasteia (section Notes)
    Adrastus", of Hellespontine Phrygia, who was said to have built the first temple of Nemesis. Strabo tells us that according to Antimachus, Adrastus "was...
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  • Adrastus of Aphrodisias (Greek: Ἄδραστος ὁ Ἀφροδισιεύς; fl. 2nd century) was a Peripatetic philosopher who lived in the first half of the 2nd century AD...
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    Rome. Adrastus was a procurator or caretaker, of the Column and the actual job description is lost to time. The information received from Adrastus, which...
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  • Tydeus (section Notes)
    room in Adrastus's palace. Awakened by the clamor, Adrastus rushed to the hall to find the two men locked in a brawl. It was then that Adrastus recalled...
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    exchange between Alcmaeon and Adrastus, Eriphyle's brother and thus Alcmaeon's uncle. In this exchange Alcmaeon remarks that Adrastus "is the brother of a woman...
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    Bok, later publisher of the Ladies Home Journal, with a handwritten dated note. The white suit did eventually become Twain's trademark, as illustrated in...
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    Theseus resolves not to repeat Adrastus’ mistake. He tells Adrastus to go away and leave him alone. Although Adrastus is ready to concede, the women will...
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  • of Troy as the wife of Ilus, founder of Ilium. She was the daughter of Adrastus and the mother of King Laomedon of Troy and possibly, of Themiste, Telecleia...
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  • Pronax (section Notes)
    Amphithea in marriage to his brother Adrastus, who was the king of Argos and leader of the Seven against Thebes. She and Adrastus had three daughters, Argia, Deipyle...
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  • Civics (section Adrastus)
    the Spartan constitution. In the Euripides tragedy The Suppliants, King Adrastus of Argos describes how Hippomedon received his civic education for endurance...
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  • during his reign, his grandson Adrastus came to him fleeing from Argos. Afterwards, at the death of Polybus, Adrastus succeeded his grandfather as the...
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  • Eurynome (section Notes)
    called Cleophyle or Antinoe. Eurynome, daughter of Iphitus and mother of Adrastus of Argos by Talaus. In some accounts, she was called the daughter of Apollo...
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  • Gordias (section Notes)
    royal line named Gordias was a contemporary of Croesus of Lydia. His son Adrastus accidentally killed his own brother and fled to Lydia where Croesus gave...
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    may be related to Arion, another mythical horse reported to have saved Adrastus from the war of the Seven against Thebes with his prophetic abilities in...
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  • Deipyle (section Notes)
    Deipyle (Ancient Greek: Δηιπύλη, Dēipulē) may refer to: Deipyle, daughter of Adrastus and Amphithea, wife of Tydeus and mother of Diomedes. Her sister Argea...
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    Amphiaraus (section Notes)
    leaders of the Seven against Thebes. Amphiaraus at first refused to go with Adrastus on this expedition against Thebes as he foresaw the death of everyone who...
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  • Prometheus, together with sanctuaries of Peirithous, Theseus, Oedipus, and Adrastus. According to Greek mythology, Oedipus was buried there, as described by...
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  • Adrantus (section Notes)
    Adrantus (Ancient Greek: Ἄδραντος), or Ardrantus or Adrastus, was a contemporary of Athenaeus in the 2nd or 3rd century AD who wrote a commentary in five...
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  • Talaus (section Notes)
    Eurynome, Lysippe or Lysianassa, daughter of Polybus). He was the father of Adrastus, Aristomachus, Astynome, Eriphyle, Mecisteus, Metidice, and Pronax. Apollonius...
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  • said to have written 24, 30, or 44 plays, of which 19 titles are known: Adrastus, Aethon, Alcmeon, Alphesiboea, Athla, Azanes, Cycnus, Eumenides, Hephaestus...
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  • Leucippe (section Notes)
    Tithonus. In some accounts, the wife of Ilus was called Eurydice, daughter of Adrastus or Batia, daughter of Teucer. Leucippe, another Trojan queen as the wife...
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