Talaus Explained

Series:	Greek mythology
Family:	Bias (father) Pero (mother) Alphesiboea (sister) Anaxibia (half-sister) Arëius (brother) Aretus (brother) Leodocus (brother) Perialkes (brother)
Spouse:	Lysimache
Children:	Adrastus, Aristomachus, Astynome, Eriphyle, Hippomedon, Mecisteus, Metidice, Parthenopaeus, Pronax

In Greek mythology, Talaus (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ταλαός) was the king of Argos and one of the Argonauts.^[1] He was the son of Bias (or Perialces) and Pero. His wife was Lysimache, daughter of Abas (also known as Eurynome, Lysippe^[2] or Lysianassa, daughter of Polybus^[3]). He was the father of Adrastus, Aristomachus, Astynome, Eriphyle, Mecisteus, Metidice, and Pronax.^{[4] [5] [6]}

References

• 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.
• Barthall, Edward E. Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Greece. University of Miami Press, 1971,, pp. 105–106.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• 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.
• Pindar, Odes translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pindar, The Odes of Pindar including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• 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. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Smith, Willam. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, v. 3, page 971

Notes and References

1. [Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]
2. [Scholia]
3. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
4. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
5. [Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]
6. [Pindar]