Argia (mythology)
For other uses, see Argia (disambiguation).
Argia /ɑːrˈdʒaɪə/ or Argea /ɑːrˈdʒiːə/ (Greek: Ἀργεία, Argeia) is a name borne by four minor characters in Greek mythology. These are:
- Argia of Argos, daughter of king Adrastus of Argos and Amphithea, daughter of Pronax. She married Polynices, son of Oedipus and bore him three sons: Thersander, Adrastus and Timeas.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
- Argia, one of the Oceanids. She was the mother of Phoroneus by her brother Inachus. She may also have been the mother (by Inachus) of Io.[7][8][9]
- Argia, wife of Polybus and mother of Argus (the builder of the ship Argo from the story of Jason and the Argonauts).[10][8]
- Argia, daughter of king Autesion of Thebes. She married Aristodemus and became the mother of twins, Eurysthenes and Procles, the ancestors of the two royal houses of Sparta.[11]
References
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 69. LXIX
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 70. LXX
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2.20.5
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library 1.9.13
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library, 3.6.1
- ↑ Hesiod, Catalogue of Women, fragment 99a
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae.145.CXLV
- 1 2 Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 143. CXLIII
- ↑ Patricia Turner, Charles Russell Coulter, Dictionary of Ancient Deities (2001), p. 67.
- ↑ Herodotus, History of Herodotus, book 6
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