Talaus

Family: Argos · Role: father of Adrastus · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.9

🌐 Also appears in: The Iliad (as Talaus)

In Apollodorus, Library 1.9, Talaus is the son of Bias and Pero and married Lysimache, daughter of Abas. With Lysimache, he had Adrastus, Parthenopaeus, Pronax, Mecisteus, Aristomachus, and Eriphyle. In Library 3.6, Hippomedon is described as the son of Aristomachus, though some say he was the son of Talaus.

Relationship record

Apollodorus, Library 1.9

• parent: Bias “Bias and Pero had a son Talaus”
• married with Lysimache “who married Lysimache, daughter of Abas”
• child: Adrastus “and had by her Adrastus, Parthenopaeus, Pronax, Mecisteus, Aristomachus, and Eriphyle”
• child: Parthenopaeus “and had by her Adrastus, Parthenopaeus, Pronax, Mecisteus, Aristomachus, and Eriphyle”
• child: Eriphyle “and had by her Adrastus, Parthenopaeus, Pronax, Mecisteus, Aristomachus, and Eriphyle”
• child: Pronax “and had by her Adrastus, Parthenopaeus, Pronax, Mecisteus, Aristomachus, and Eriphyle”
• child: Mecisteus “and had by her Adrastus, Parthenopaeus, Pronax, Mecisteus, Aristomachus, and Eriphyle”
• child: Aristomachus “and had by her Adrastus, Parthenopaeus, Pronax, Mecisteus, Aristomachus, and Eriphyle”

Apollodorus, Library 3.6

• parent: Hippomedon “Hippomedon, son of Aristomachus, but some say of Talaus.”
• child: Hippomedon (The text gives this as an alternative parentage.) “Hippomedon, son of Aristomachus, but some say of Talaus.”

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