# Proetus

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{{Short description|Several Greek mythological figures}}
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{{for|the genus of marine arthropods|Proetus (trilobite)}}

In [Greek mythology](/source/Greek_mythology), '''Proetus''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|r|iː|t|ə|s}}; [Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek): Προῖτος ''Proitos'') may refer to the following personages:

*[Proetus](/source/Proetus_(king_of_Argos_and_Tiryns)), king of [Argos](/source/Argos%2C_Peloponnese) and [Tiryns](/source/Tiryns), son of [Abas](/source/Abas_(son_of_Lynceus)) and twin brother of [Acrisius](/source/Acrisius).<ref>[Apollodorus](/source/Pseudo-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](/source/Ancient_Corinth) as the son of Prince [Thersander](/source/Thersander), son of King [Sisyphus](/source/Sisyphus). He was the father of [Maera](/source/Maera_(mythology)) who died a maiden.<ref>[Pausanias](/source/Pausanias_(geographer)), [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> [Scholia](/source/Scholia)sts on the ''[Odyssey](/source/Odyssey)'' confound him with the Argive Proetus.<ref>[Scholia](/source/Scholia) on [Homer](/source/Homer), ''[Odyssey](/source/Odyssey)'' 11.325</ref>
*Proetus of [Thebes](/source/Ancient_Thebes_(Boeotia)), [eponym](/source/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](/source/Galanthis).<ref>[Antoninus Liberalis](/source/Antoninus_Liberalis), [https://topostext.org/work/216#29 29]</ref>
*Proetus of [Nauplia](/source/Nauplia), a son of [Nauplius I](/source/Nauplius_(mythology)) and father of [Lernus](/source/Lernus).<ref>[Apollonius Rhodius](/source/Apollonius_Rhodius), 1.136; Scholia ad 4.1091</ref>
*Proetus, a son of [Agenor](/source/Agenor) (?). It is unclear whether [Stephanus](/source/Stephanus_of_Byzantium)<ref>[Stephanus of Byzantium](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-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](/source/Apollonius_of_Rhodes), ''[Argonautica](/source/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](/source/Pausanias_(geographer)), ''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](/source/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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