Argos

Role: mythological king · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 16

Argos, the daughter’s son of Phoroneus, reigned after him and gave Argos its name. He was the father of Pirasus and Phorbas. In Book 2, Chapter 22, he was reputed to be the son of Zeus and Niobe.

Relationship record

Book 2 · Chapter 16

• elder kin: Phoroneus “And Argos his daughter’s son, who reigned after Phoroneus, gave Argos his own name.”
• child: Pirasus “And to Argos were born Pirasus and Phorbas”
• child: Phorbas “And to Argos were born Pirasus and Phorbas”

Book 2 · Chapter 22

• parent: Zeus “Argos, who was reputed to be the son of Zeus and Niobe the daughter of Phoroneus”
• parent: Niobe “Argos, who was reputed to be the son of Zeus and Niobe the daughter of Phoroneus”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.