Iasus

Role: person · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 2.1

In one account, Iasus was the son of Argus and Ismene, and was said to be the father of Io. In another, he was one of the sons of Lycurgus by Cleophyle or Eurynome, alongside Ancaeus, Epochus, and Amphidamas.

Iasus had a daughter, Atalanta, by Clymene, daughter of Minyas. He exposed Atalanta because he wanted male children: “This Atalanta was exposed by her father, because he desired male children”.

Relationship record

Life events

• Iasus exposed Atalanta because he wanted male children.(Apollodorus, Library 3.9)
  • With: Atalanta
  • “This Atalanta was exposed by her father, because he desired male children”

Apollodorus, Library 2.1

• parent: Argus “Argus and Ismene, daughter of Asopus, had a son Iasus”
• parent: Ismene “Argus and Ismene, daughter of Asopus, had a son Iasus”
• child: Io “Argus and Ismene, daughter of Asopus, had a son Iasus, who is said to have been the father of Io.”

Apollodorus, Library 3.9

• parent: Lycurgus “Lycurgus had sons, Ancaeus, Epochus, Amphidamas, and Iasus, by Cleophyle or Eurynome.”
• parent: Cleophyle “Lycurgus had sons, Ancaeus, Epochus, Amphidamas, and Iasus, by Cleophyle or Eurynome.”
• parent: Eurynome “Lycurgus had sons, Ancaeus, Epochus, Amphidamas, and Iasus, by Cleophyle or Eurynome.”
• child: Atalanta “And Iasus had a daughter Atalanta by Clymene, daughter of Minyas.”
• siblings with Ancaeus “Lycurgus had sons, Ancaeus, Epochus, Amphidamas, and Iasus”
• siblings with Epochus “Lycurgus had sons, Ancaeus, Epochus, Amphidamas, and Iasus”
• siblings with Amphidamas “Lycurgus had sons, Ancaeus, Epochus, Amphidamas, and Iasus”

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