Proetus

Ruler of Argos and Tiryns.

Genealogy

Aglaia

Abas

Acrisius

Stheneboea

Iphinoe, Iphianassa, Lysippe, Megapenthes, Perseus

Places
  1. Argos
  2. Corinth
  3. Lycia
  4. Tiryns
  5. Xanthos
Events
  1. Acrisius and Proetus are born
  2. Acrisius and Proetus fight for the kingdom, invent shields
  3. Proetus expelled to Lycia, marries Antia
  4. Proteus regains Argos with the help of a Lycian army
  5. Proetus occupies Tiryns
  6. The Cyclopes fortify Tiryns for Proetus
  7. Melampus agrees to cure the women driven mad by Dionysus
  8. Melampus and Bias each receive a third of Argos from Proetus
  9. Bellerophon is purified by Proetus of the murder of his brother
  10. Bellerophon rejects Stheneboea’s sexual advances, and is falsely accused of propositioning her
  11. Proetus instructs Bellerophon to take a letter to Iobates with instructions that Bellerophon be killed
  12. Danae is impregnated by a god
  13. Antaea attempts to seduce Bellerophon and is rebuffed
  14. Antaea tells Proetus that Bellerophon attempted to seduce her and urges Proetus to kill him
  15. Proeteus refuses to kill Bellerophon and sends him to be killed by Iobates instead
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 2.1
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 2.2
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 3.1
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.1
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.4
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.1
  7. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 149
  8. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 172
  9. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 4.2
  10. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 7.8
  11. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 9.8
  12. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 12.2
  13. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 16.2
  14. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 16.3
  15. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 16.5
  16. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 25.7
  17. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 25.9
  18. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 5.10
  19. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 18.7
  20. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 18.8
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