Bias
First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.9
Bias was one of the two sons of Amythaon, alongside Melampus. He wooed Pero, daughter of Neleus, who said he would give her to whoever brought him the kine of Phylacus; Bias and Pero later had a son, Talaus. Bias also became a suitor of Penelope among the men from Dulichium.
At Sicyon, during the pursuit of Iphinoe and her sisters, Iphinoe died while the others were later purified and recovered; Proetus then gave the surviving daughters in marriage to Melampus and Bias, including Lysippe and Iphianassa. Melampus had promised to cure them when Bias received as much land as he did. In a later account, Pylas slew Bias, “his father's brother.”
Relationship record
Life events
- Iphinoe died during the pursuit, while the remaining daughters later recovered and married.(Apollodorus, Library 2.2 · 📍 Sicyon)
Apollodorus, Library 1.9
- parent: Amythaon “and there were born to him two sons, Bias and Melampus.”
- courtship with Pero “Bias wooed Pero, daughter of Neleus.”
- child: Talaus “Bias and Pero had a son Talaus”
- siblings with Melampus “two sons, Bias and Melampus.”
- with Neleus (interaction) “Neleus said that he would give her to him who should bring him the kine of Phylacus.”
- married with Pero “Bias and Pero had a son Talaus”
Apollodorus, Library 2.2
- married with Lysippe “In the pursuit Iphinoe, the eldest of the daughters, expired; but the others were lucky enough to be purified and so to recover their wits. Proetus gave them in marriage to Melampus and Bias,”
- married with Iphianassa “In the pursuit Iphinoe, the eldest of the daughters, expired; but the others were lucky enough to be purified and so to recover their wits. Proetus gave them in marriage to Melampus and Bias,”
- with Proetus (interaction) “Melampus promised to effect a cure whenever his brother Bias should receive just so much land as himself”
Apollodorus, Library 3.15
- with Pylas (interaction) “Pylas slew his father's brother Bias”
Apollodorus, Epitome 7
- courtship with Penelope “Damastor, Bias, Telmius”
- admired: Penelope “From Dulichium came fifty-seven: Amphinomus, Thoas, Demoptolemus, Amphimachus, Euryalus, Paralus, Evenorides, Clytius, Agenor, Eurypylus, Pylaemenes, Acamas, Thersilochus, Hagius, Clymenus, Philodemus, Meneptolemus, Damastor, Bias, Telmius, Polyidus, Astylochus, Schedius, Antigonus, Marpsius, Iphidamas, Argius, Glaucus, Calydoneus, Echion, Lamas, Andraemon, Agerochus, Medon, Agrius, Promus, Ctesius, Acarnan, Cycnus, Pseras, Hellanicus, Periphron, Megasthenes, Thrasymedes, Ormenius, Diopithes, Mecisteus, Antimachus, Ptolemaeus, Lestorides, Nicomachus, Polypoetes, and Ceraus.”
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