Megapenthes

A son of Proetus, was king of Argos, and father (or grandfather) of Anaxagoras and Iphianeira.1 He exchanged his dominion for that of Perseus, so that the latter received Tiryns instead of Argos.2 He is said to have afterwards slain Perseus.3

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References

Notes

  1. Pausanias. Description of Greece ii, 18.4; Diodorus Siculus. Historical Library iv, 68.
  2. Pseudo-Apollodorus. The Library ii, 4.4; Pausanias. Description of Greece ii, 16.3.
  3. Hyginus. Fabulae, 244.

Source

  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.