King of Argos in the native third when Melampus cured the maddened women — son of Argeus and grandson of Megapenthes; Pausanias says the Argives alone were ruled in three kingdoms, and his house outlasted the Melampid and Biantid shares.1
In his reign the women of Argos were smitten with madness and roamed the country until Melampus son of Amythaon cured them — on condition that he and his brother Bias receive a share of the kingdom equal to Anaxagoras'. So Argos was divided into three parts: the native third remained with Anaxagoras, and the other two went to the Melampid and Biantid houses.2
His line endured through Alector and Iphis before passing to Sthenelus son of Capaneus; Pausanias says the family of Anaxagoras ruled longer than the other two thirds of the divided kingdom.3
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