
Lover's oaths do not draw down the anger of the gods. Priesthood of Hera, but being detected by Hera he by a touch turned Io into a whiteĬow 10 and swore that he had not known her wherefore Hesiod remarks that Inachus 9 and Hesiod and Acusilaus say that she was a daughter of Piren. The annalist Castor and many of the tragedians allege that Io was a daughter of He alsoĪvenged the murder of Apis by putting the guilty to death.Īrgus and Ismene, daughter of Asopus, had a son Iasus, who is said to have been the It is said, too, thatĮarth, who used to carry off passers-by, was caught asleep and slain by Argus. Robbed them of their cattle, Argus withstood and killed him. Hide 6 and when a satyr wronged the Arcadians and He had eyes in the whole of his body, 5 and being exceedingly strong he killed theīull that ravaged Arcadia and clad himself in its 3 But Argus received the kingdom andĬalled the Peloponnese after himself Argos and having married Evadne, daughter of StrymonĪnd Neaera, he begat Ecbasus, Piras, Epidaurus,Įcbasus had a son Agenor, and Agenor had a son Argus, the one who is called theĪll-seeing. However, Hesiod says that Pelasgus was a son of the soil.Ībout him I shall speak again.

The inhabitants of the Peloponnese were called 2 But Niobe had by Zeus ( and she was theįirst mortal woman with whom Zeus cohabited) a sonĪrgus, and also, so says Acusilaus, a son Pelasgus, after whom He left no child, and beingĭeemed a god was called Sarapis. Was conspired against and slain by Thelxion and Telchis. Power into a tyranny and named the PeloponneseĪfter himself Apia but being a stern tyrant he Phoroneus, reigning over the whole land afterwards named Peloponnese, begat Apis and Niobe by a nymph Teledice. Aegialeus having died childless, the whole country was called Aegialia and 1 He and Melia, daughter of Ocean, had sons, Phoroneus, andĪegialeus. Ocean and Tethys had a son Inachus, after whom a river in Argos is called Inachus. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Having now gone through the family of Deucalion, we have next to speak of that of Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue.

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