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Caishen Cangjie Dragon King Eight Immortals Erlang Shen Fuxi Guanyin Hou Yi Huxian Jade Emperor King Yama Leizi Lu-ban Mazu Nezha Nuwa Pangu Shennong Sun Wukong Xiwangmu Yue Lao Zhong Kui
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Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Atlas Coeus Crius Cronus Demeter Dionysus Gaia Hades Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Hyperion Iapetus Mnemosyne Oceanus Phobos Phoebe Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Tethys Themis Uranus Zeus
Bacchus Ceres Diana Juno Jupiter Mars Mercury Minerva Neptune Pluto Venus Vesta Vulcan
Amun Anubis Aten Atum Babi Bastet Bes Geb Hapi hathor heqet Horus Isis Khepri Khnum Khonsu Maat Nephthys Nut Osiris Ptah Ra Seshat Seth Shu Sobek Thoth
Alfheim Baldur Freya Freyr Frigg Heimdallr Helheim Idun Jotunheim Loki Nerthus Njord Odin Thor Tyr
Aengus Arawn Badb Brigid Cailleach Ceridwen Cernunnos Cu Chulainn Dagda Danu Gwydion Herne the Hunter Lugh Medb Morrigan Neit Nuada Taliesin Taranis
Chalchiuhtlicue Coatlicue Huitzilopochtli Mictlantecuhtli Mixcoatl Ometeotl Quetzalcoatl Tezcatlipoca Tlaloc Tonatiuh Xipe Totec Xochiquetzal Xolotl
Amaterasu Ame no Uzume Benzaiten Bishamonten Daikokuten Ebisu Fujin Fukurokuju Inari Izanagi Kagutsuchi Raijin Susanoo Tsukuyomi
Caishen Cangjie Dragon King Eight Immortals Erlang Shen Fuxi Guanyin Hou Yi Huxian Jade Emperor King Yama Leizi Lu-ban Mazu Nezha Nuwa Pangu Shennong Sun Wukong Xiwangmu Yue Lao Zhong Kui
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  1. Classical Mythology
    Pantheon Heroic Age Royal Houses Geographia Facts & Figures Genealogy Bibliography About Classical Myths
  2. Genealogy
    Greek Pantheon Aeolids 1 (Thessaly & Messenia) Aeolids 2 (Corinth & Orchomenus) House of Elis (Aeolids 4) House of Calydon (Aeolids 3) Lapith House of Thessaly Early House of Argos House of Argos (Proëtids and Aeolids) House of Perseus (Mycenae and Tiryns) Houses of Thebes & Crete House of Pelops House of Sparta House of Odysseus Descendants of Aeacus Houses of Athens Houses of Arcadia House of Troy and Dardania The Pleiades (The Atlantids) Children of Helius Houses of the Seers Houses of the Rome Giants and Monsters Roman Pantheon
  3. House of Argos (Proëtids and Aeolids)

House of Argos (Proëtids and Aeolids)

Inachus (Argive river-god) Io Agenor (king of Sidon) Europa Cadmus (king of Thebes) Belus (king of Egypt) Aegyptus (king of Egypt) Danaus (king of Argos) Lynceus (king of Argos) Acrisius (king of Argos) Proëtus (king of Tiryns) Iobates (king of Lycia) Stheneboea Megapenthes (king of Argos) Bias (Aeolid king of Argos) Melampus (Aeolid seer) Pero (daughter of King Neleus of Pylos) Talaus (king of Argos) Adrastus (king of Argos) Eriphyle (sister of Adrastus) Amphiaraus (Argive seer) Polyneices (son of King Oedipus of Thebes) Tydeus (son of King Oeneus of Calydon) Capaneus (Argive chieftain) Evadne Eteoclus (Argive chieftain) Hippomedon (Argive chieftain) Mecistus (brother of Adrastus) Diomedes (Epigoni) Aegialeus (Epigoni) Thersander (king of Thebes) Sthenelus (Epigoni) Amphiochus (Epigoni) Alcmeon (Epigoni) Euryalus (Epigoni) Polydorus (Epigoni) Cylarbes (king of Argos) Cyanippus (king of Argos) Thestius Amythaon (Aeolid) Calydon (founder of Calydon) Neleus (king of Pylos) Sparta (daughter of Eurotas Lacedaemon (king of Sparta) Abas (king of Argos) Mantius Antiphates Abas Perimela Coeranus (Argive seer) Tisamenus (king of Thebes) Hypermnestra Amymone

The family tree that you see above contains the link between Proetus and the Aeolids, Melampus and Bias. Their descendants would become involved in two wars against Thebes (Seven Against Thebes and the Epigoni), before the Trojan War.

I wasn't able to show the complete family tree of Melampus and his descendants, so there's another family tree you might be interested in, called the Houses of Seers. This shows mostly Melampus and his descendants.

You will find a more complete line of Acrisius and Perseus in the House of Perseus (Tiryns and Mycenae). If you are interested in the early kings of Argos, then you should see Early House of Argos.

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Genealogy:

  • • Greek Pantheon
  • • Aeolids 1 (Thessaly & Messenia)
  • • Aeolids 2 (Corinth & Orchomenus)
  • • House of Elis (Aeolids 4)
  • • House of Calydon (Aeolids 3)
  • • Lapith House of Thessaly
  • • Early House of Argos
  • • House of Argos (Proëtids and Aeolids)
  • • House of Perseus (Mycenae and Tiryns)
  • • Houses of Thebes & Crete
  • • House of Pelops
  • • House of Sparta
  • • House of Odysseus
  • • Descendants of Aeacus
  • • Houses of Athens
  • • Houses of Arcadia
  • • House of Troy and Dardania
  • • The Pleiades (The Atlantids)
  • • Children of Helius
  • • Houses of the Seers
  • • Houses of the Rome
  • • Giants and Monsters
  • • Roman Pantheon
Houses of Argolis

Houses of Argolis

Argolis was a region in northeastern Peloponnesus. There, several powerful cities were built on the Plain of Argolis: Argos, Tiryns and Mycenae. The myths that are about to be unfolded, were set in these cities. The stories involved the descendant...

April 24th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Early House of Argos

Early House of Argos

House of Inachus Early House of Argos House of Inachus The genealogy displayed above shows the common ancestry of the Houses of Argos, Thebes and Crete, as it can be seen by the three different colours (eg. Argos is cyan and green, Thebes/Crete in...

July 28th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
House of Perseus (Mycenae and Tiryns)

House of Perseus (Mycenae and Tiryns)

The family tree above shows the descendants of Io , on the Belid branch, which include such heroes as Perseus and Heracles. The names in blue are the Heraclids or the descendants of Heracles, who would later conquer Argos, Sparta and the region of...

July 28th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Argos

Argos

The city of Argos was situated in the valley of Argolis on the Gulf of Argolis. It situated beside the river Inachus. The citadel in Argos was called Larisa . The city was originally called Phoronea by its founder, Phoroneus, son of the river god ...

August 8th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
The Aeolids in Argos

The Aeolids in Argos

At first, Proëtus (Προιτος) ruled in his kingdom at Tiryns, when his twin brother was still ruling in the city of Argos. Proëtus and Acrisius were bitter rivals, both seeking power in Argos. Proëtus only received Argos from his great-nephew, Perse...

April 24th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Argus

Argus

So Argus (Ἄργος) succeeded his uncle (Apis). Argus was a son of Zeus and Niobe, who was Apis' sister. Argus became the new king of Phoronea, and he renamed the city after himself, Argos. Niobe may have also been the mother of Pelasgus (Pelasgos, Π...

April 24th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Royal Houses

Royal Houses

In ancient Greece, a city would dominate the surrounding countryside. More powerful cities would have a citadel situated in a strategic position in the city, generally on higher ground. Within these walled strongholds, temples were built for the w...

April 24th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
House of Pelops

House of Pelops

Children of Pelops House of Atreus Children of Pelops The family tree of Pelops displays his descendants, such as Agamemnon, Menelaus and Orestes. Several of his daughters were married into Perseus' family, so also see the House of Perseus . You w...

July 28th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
House of Elis & Calydon

House of Elis & Calydon

The House of Elis and the House of Calydon belonged to the Aeolids . The Aeolids were descendants of Aeolus , a king from Thessaly. The Aeolids established powerful kingdoms and dynasties in many part of Greece. House of Elis House of Calydon Hous...

May 12th, 2001 • Jimmy Joe
Houses of Thebes & Crete

Houses of Thebes & Crete

The following two family trees show the two powerful houses of the two kingdoms of Thebes and Crete. Like the Houses of Argolis, they were descendants of the river god Inachus and his daughter Io, and these descendants were known as Inachids, but ...

July 28th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe

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