Temenus

Temenus
/tem"euh neuhs/, n. Class. Myth.
1. a son of Aristomachus who was allotted the city of Argos for his participation in the Heraclidae invasion of Peloponnesus.
2. a son of Pelasgus believed to have reared Hera.

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  • Temenus — In Greek mythology, Temenus was a son of Aristomachus and brother of Cresphontes and Aristodemus. He was a great great grandson of Heracles and helped lead the fifth and final attack on Mycenae in the Peloponnesus. He became King of Argos.Temenus …   Wikipedia

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  • Deiphontes — was king of Argos. He was a son of Antimachus, and husband of Hyrnetho, the daughter of Temenus the Heracleide, by whom he became the father of Antimenes, Xanthippus, Argeius, and Orsobia. Deiphontes was descended from Ctesippus, the son of… …   Wikipedia

  • Heracleidae — In Greek mythology, the Heracleidae or Heraclids were the numerous descendants of Heracles (Hercules), especially applied in a narrower sense to the descendants of Hyllus, the eldest of his four sons by Deianira (Hyllus was also sometimes thought …   Wikipedia

  • Hyllus — is also a genus of jumping spiders.In Greek mythology, Hyllus (also Hyllas or Hylles) was the son of Heracles and Deianira, husband of Iole, nursed by Abia.Heracles, whom Zeus had originally intended to be ruler of Argos, Lacedaemon and Messenian …   Wikipedia

  • Cresphontes — For the lost tragedy by Euripides, named for the son of this Cresphontes, see Merope (mythology). In Greek mythology, Cresphontes was a son of Aristomachus, husband of Merope, and brother of Temenus and Aristodemus. He was a great great grandson… …   Wikipedia

  • Aristodemus — In Greek mythology, Aristodemus was a son of Aristomachus and brother of Cresphontes and Temenus. He was a great great grandson of Heracles and helped lead the fifth and final attack on Mycenae in the Peloponnesus.Aristodemus and his brothers… …   Wikipedia

  • Oxylus — In Greek mythology, Oxylus (originally Oxylos; Greek: Ὄξυλος) may refer to: A son of Ares and Protogeneia, daughter of Calydon.[1] An one eyed man from Aetolia, son of Haemon (himself son of Thoas) or of Andraemon. He was exiled from Aetolia on… …   Wikipedia

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