Prœtus

Family: Argos · Role: usurper · First appears: Fable 48

Life events

• Perseus goes to Argos, petrifies the usurper Prœtus, and restores Acrisius to the throne.(Fable48 · 📍 Argos)
  • With: Perseus Andromeda Acrisius
  • “After this victory, he takes Andromeda with him to Argos, his native city, where he turns the usurper Prœtus into stone, and re-establishes his grandfather Acrisius on the throne.”

Fable 48

• siblings with Acrisius “For, his brother being expelled by force of arms, Prœtus had taken possession of the citadel of Acrisius;”
• enemies with Perseus “The descendant of Abas, together with his wife, enters the walls of his native city; and as the defender and avenger of his innocent mother, he attacks Prœtus.”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Made with Rho MD.