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  2. List of kings of Argos - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Category:Kings of Argos - Wikipedia

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    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)

  4. Argus (king of Argos) - Wikipedia

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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]

  5. Diomedes - Wikipedia

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    Or else, if he ever entered Argos, he had to take sanctuary at the altar of Hera, and thence flee with his companions by night. [34] [AI-generated source?] Cometes was shortly the king of Argos, in Diomedes' absence, but was quickly replaced by the rightful heir, Cyanippus, who was the son of Aegialeus.

  6. Argos, Peloponnese - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Inachus - Wikipedia

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    Inachus was also said to be first priest at Argos, the country was frequently called the land of Inachus. [18] Jerome and Eusebius (both citing Castor of Rhodes), and as even late as 1812, John Lemprière [19] euhemeristically asserted that he was the first king of Argos reigning for 50 years [20] (B.C. 1807 [21]). Inachus divided the ...

  8. Phorbas (king of Argos) - Wikipedia

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    According to Tatiānus, he may have been a king of Argos himself, succeeding either Argus or Criasus. [6] Eusebius included him in the list of kings of Argos, in which he reigned for thirty five years and was succeeded by Triopas. He was a contemporary of Actaeus, the first king of Attica who named the country after himself, Actaea. [7]

  9. Talaus - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Talaus / ˈ t æ l i ə s / (Ancient Greek: Ταλαός) was the king of Argos and one of the Argonauts. [1] He was the son of Bias (or Perialces) and Pero.His wife was Lysimache, daughter of Abas (also known as Eurynome, Lysippe [2] or Lysianassa, daughter of Polybus [3]).