Proetus

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title: "Proetus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mythological-argives", "mythological-corinthians", "mythological-thebans", "corinthian-mythology", "mythology-of-argolis", "theban-mythology"] description: "Several Greek mythological figures" topic_path: "philosophy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proetus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Several Greek mythological figures ::

In Greek mythology, Proetus (; Ancient Greek: Προῖτος Proitos) may refer to the following personages:

• Proetus, king of Argos and Tiryns, son of Abas and twin brother of Acrisius.
• Proetus, a prince of Corinth as the son of Prince Thersander, son of King Sisyphus. He was the father of Maera who died a maiden. Scholiasts on the Odyssey confound him with the Argive Proetus.
• Proetus of Thebes, eponym of the Proetid Gates, and father of Galanthis.
• Proetus of Nauplia, a son of Nauplius I and father of Lernus.
• Proetus, a son of Agenor (?). It is unclear whether Stephanus is referring to a son of Agenor named Proetus, or to the Argive Proetus as a descendant of Agenor.

Notes

References

• Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.

References

1. [[Pseudo-Apollodorus
2. [[Pausanias (geographer)
3. [[Scholia]] on [[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' 11.325
4. Pausanias, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+9.8.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:chapter=&highlight=Proetus 9.8.4]
5. [[Antoninus Liberalis]], [https://topostext.org/work/216#29 29]
6. [[Apollonius Rhodius]], 1.136; Scholia ad 4.1091
7. [[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. ''Thasos''

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