Bias

Brother of Melampus, who helps him to acquire Pero as a bride.

Genealogy

Idomene

Amythaon

Aeolia, Melampus

Iphianassa, Lysippe, Pero

Megapenthes, Talaus

Places
  1. Argos
  2. Pylos
  3. Troy
  4. Unknown
Events
  1. Amythaon marries and has children
  2. Neleus organizes a contest for the suitors of Pero
  3. Melampus and Bias confer about the contest to marry Pero
  4. Melampus brings Pero to Bias
  5. Bias and Melampus live in Argos
  6. Melampus agrees to cure the women driven mad by Dionysus
  7. Melampus and Bias each receive a third of Argos from Proetus
  8. Nestor prepares the Pylians to fight the Trojans
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.11
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.12
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.13
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 2.2
  5. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 4, Section 292
  6. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 6.6
  7. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 18.4
  8. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 21.2
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