Herodotus' Histories

Argeia

Family: Spartan · Role: wife of Aristodemos and mother of his twins · First appears: Book 6 · §50–57

Life events

  • Argeia gave birth to twin sons, Eurysthenes and Procles.(Book 6 · §50–57)
    • With: Aristodemos Eurysthenes Procles
    • “Then after no long time the wife of Aristodemos, whose name was Argeia,--she was the daughter, they say, of Autesion, the son of Tisamenes, the son of Thersander, the son of Polyneikes,--she, it is said, brought forth twins;”

Book 6 · §50–57

  • married with Aristodemos “the wife of Aristodemos, whose name was Argeia,--she was the daughter, they say, of Autesion,”
  • child: Autesion “she was the daughter, they say, of Autesion, the son of Tisamenes,”

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