Book 2 on Superphysics

The family of Inachus

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[2.1.1] Ocean and Tethys had a son Inachus, after whom a river in Argos is called Inachus. He and Melia, daughter of Ocean, had sons, Phoroneus, and Aegialeus. Aegialeus having died childless, the whole country was called Aegialia.

Pegasus

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[2.2.1] Lynceus reigned over Argos after Danaus and begat a son Abas by Hypermnestra.

Abas had twin sons Acrisius and Proetus36 by Aglaia, daughter of Mantineus. These two quarrelled with each other while they were still in the womb, and when they were grown up they waged war for the kingdom,37 and in the course of the war they were the first to invent shields.

The Labors of Hercules

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[2.5.1] When Hercules heard that, he went to Tiryns and did as he was bid by Eurystheus.

First, Eurystheus ordered him to bring the skin of the Nemean lion100; now that was an invulnerable beast begotten by Typhon.

The Adventures of Hercules

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[2.6.1] After his labours Hercules went to Thebes and gave Megara to Iolaus,169 and, wishing himself to wed, he ascertained that Eurytus, prince of Oechalia, had proposed the hand of his daughter Iole as a prize to him who should vanquish himself and his sons in archery.170 So he came to Oechalia, and though he proved himself better than them at archery, yet he did not get the bride; for while Iphitus, the elder of Eurytus’s sons, said that Iole should be given to Hercules, Eurytus and the others refused, and said they feared that, if he got children, he would again kill his offspring.171

Eurystheus

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[2.8.1] When Hercules had been translated to the gods, his sons fled from Eurystheus and came to Ceyx.

But when Eurystheus demanded their surrender and threatened war, they were afraid, and, quitting Trachis, fled through Greece. Being pursued, they came to Athens, and sitting down on the altar of Mercy, claimed protection.