Argeia (daughter of the Autesion)

Argeia ( Greek Ἀργεία Argeía ) is a female figure in Greek mythology .

Argeia was the daughter of the Theban king Autesion and married the Heraclid Aristodemus . She gave birth to twin brothers Prokles and Eurysthenes to her husband . After the early death of their father, the twins came under the tutelage of Theras , brother of the Argeia, and later became the first Heraclids to rule Sparta .

literature

• Hans von Geisau: Argeia 3). In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 1, Stuttgart 1964, Sp. 533.

Remarks

1. ↑ Herodotus , Historien 6, 52; Libraries of Apollodorus 2, 8, 2, 7; Pausanias 3, 1, 7 and 4, 3, 4.