Galaxy/The codex of Argeus

Son of Megapenthes in the Proetid line at Argos and father of Anaxagoras — the king in whose family's third the maddened women were cured and the kingdom was divided among Melampus, Bias, and Anaxagoras.1

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Pausanias names him only in the genealogical chain that binds the native third of Argos to the house of Proetus: Anaxagoras, son of Argeus, son of Megapenthes, was reigning when the women went mad and Melampus demanded an equal share of the kingdom for himself and Bias.2

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BEYOND THE POETS

How the centuries since have seen Argeus — art, artifacts and echoes.

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