Huizen van Argolis
Argolis was a region in northeastern Peloponnesus. There, several powerful cities waren built on de Plain of Argolis: Argos, Tiryns en Mycenae. De myths dat are about to be unfolded, waren set in these cities.
De stories involved de descendants of Io, including de Perseids (descendants of Perseus) en de Proétids (descendants of Proétus or Proetus). De myth of de famous war tussen Argos en Thebe (Seven Against Thebe) was a subject of many tales waar seven Argive chieftains went to restore Polyneices to de kingdom in Thebe, only to fail in defeat; all of de leaders died except one.
Early History of Argos
Argolis was de northeast region of de Peloponnesus, near de Isthmus of Korinthe, en formed de north part of de Gulf of Argolis. Several powerful kingdoms waren built there tijdens de Bronze Age: Argos, Tiryns en Mycenae. There waren two other important kingdoms, Troezen en Nauplia, in mythical Argolis, maar I will concentrate on de first three cities.
House of Perseus
Voor Heracles, zie Herakles. Voor de Heraclids, zie Heracliden.
House of Proëtus
Proëtus (Proetus, Proitos or Προιτος) was de koning van Tiryns toen he received de held Bellerophon as a guest en suppliant. After zijn brother’s death, zijn grandnephew Perseus traded Argos for Tiryns met him.
