{{Short description|Several Greek mythological figures}} {{Distinguish|Proteus}} {{for|the genus of marine arthropods|Proetus (trilobite)}}
In Greek mythology, '''Proetus''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|r|iː|t|ə|s}}; Ancient Greek: Προῖτος ''Proitos'') may refer to the following personages:
*Proetus, king of Argos and Tiryns, son of Abas and twin brother of Acrisius.<ref>Apollodorus, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.4.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:chapter=&highlight=Proetus 2.4.1]</ref> *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.<ref>Pausanias, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+10.30.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:chapter=&highlight=Proetus 10.30.5]</ref> Scholiasts on the ''Odyssey'' confound him with the Argive Proetus.<ref>Scholia on Homer, ''Odyssey'' 11.325</ref> *Proetus of Thebes, eponym of the Proetid Gates,<ref>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]</ref> and father of Galanthis.<ref>Antoninus Liberalis, [https://topostext.org/work/216#29 29]</ref> *Proetus of Nauplia, a son of Nauplius I and father of Lernus.<ref>Apollonius Rhodius, 1.136; Scholia ad 4.1091</ref> *Proetus, a son of Agenor (?). It is unclear whether Stephanus<ref>Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. ''Thasos''</ref> is referring to a son of Agenor named Proetus, or to the Argive Proetus as a descendant of Agenor.
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== References ==
* Antoninus Liberalis, ''The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis'' translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). [https://topostext.org/work/216 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. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 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. [https://topostext.org/work/126 Online version at the Topos Text Project.] * Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica''. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0227 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. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library] *Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 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. [https://topostext.org/work/241 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
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