Argiope (daughter of Neilos)

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Argiope ( ancient Greek Ἀργιόπη Argiópe ) is the daughter of the river god Neilos in Greek mythology .

According to Pherecydes of Athens , a genealogist of the 6th century BC. She was the mother of Kadmos , the founder of the city of Thebes in Boeotia , while the usual tradition assumes that Kadmos was a son of Telephassa .

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  1. Scholion to Apollonios of Rhodes , Argonautica 1186; Hyginus , Fabulae 6.178.