Iasus (king of Argos)

In Greek mythology, Iasus (/ˈaɪ.ə.səs/; Ancient Greek: Ἴασος) or Iasius (/aɪˈeɪʒəs/; Ἰάσιος) was a king of Argos.

Family

According to Hellanicus of Lesbos, Phoroneus had at least three sons: Agenor, Jasus (Iasus) and Pelasgus.[1]

According to the mythographer Apollodorus, Iasus was the son of Argus and Ismene (daughter of Asopus) and thus brother of Argus Panoptes.[2] In a Scholia on Euripides' Orestes, Triopas and Sois are called his parents and Pelasgus is his brother.[3] Pausanias described Iasus as the son of Triopas (son of Phorbas) and brother of Agenor.[4] Generally most scholars agree that Iasus was the father of Io[5] by Leucane.[3] Possibly by the latter, he also fathered Arestor, father of Pelasgus who migrated to Arcadia.[6][7]

Comparative table of Iasus' family
Relation	Names	Sources
Relation	Names	Hellanicus	Sch. on Homer	Sch. on Eurip.	Herodotus	Apollodorus	Pausanias	Eustathius
Parentage	Phoroneus	✓	✓					✓
	Triopas and Sois			✓
	Argus				✓
	Argus and Ismene					✓
	Triopas						✓
Siblings	Agenor	✓	✓				✓	✓
	Pelasgus	✓	✓	✓			✓	✓
	Argus Panoptes					✓
	Messene						✓
Wife	Leucane			✓
Children	Io			✓	✓	✓	✓
Children	Arestor			✓

Reign

After the death of Phoroneus, the two elder brothers, Pelasgus and Iasus, divided his dominions between themselves in such a manner that Pelasgus received the country about the river Erasmus, and built Larissa, and Iasus the country about Elis. After the death of these two, Agenor, the youngest, invaded their dominions, and thus became king of Argos.[8] According to Pausanias, he was the successor of his father Triopas on the throne of Argos while his brother Agenor succeeded him as the king afterwards.[9]

Notes

Eustathius on Homer, 385.40
Apollodorus, 2.1.3.
Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 932
Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 18.246; Eustathius on Homer, p. 1465
Apollodorus, 2.1.3; Pausanias, 2.16.1.
Scholion on Euripides, Orestes 1646
Fowler, Robert L. (2013). Early Greek Mythography: Volume II Commentary. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-19-814741-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
Hellanicus of Lesbos, Fragm. p. 47, ed. Sturz.; Scholia on Homer, Iliad 3.75
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.16.1

References

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.
Fowler, Robert L., Early Greek Mythography. Volume 2: Commentary. Oxford University Press. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom. 2013. ISBN 978-0-19-814741-1
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. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library

Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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[1] Eustathius on Homer, 385.40

[2] Apollodorus, 2.1.3.

[:0-3] Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 932

[4] Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 18.246; Eustathius on Homer, p. 1465

[5] Apollodorus, 2.1.3; Pausanias, 2.16.1.

[6] Scholion on Euripides, Orestes 1646

[7] Fowler, Robert L. (2013). Early Greek Mythography: Volume II Commentary. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-19-814741-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

[8] Hellanicus of Lesbos, Fragm. p. 47, ed. Sturz.; Scholia on Homer, Iliad 3.75

[:1-9] Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.16.1