Proetus

Mortal king of Tiryns, twin brother of Acrisius and son of Abas; their womb-strife and the partition of the Argolid found the twin-kingdoms of Argos and Tiryns. Builder of the Cyclopean walls of Tiryns, host of Bellerophon, and father of the maddened Proetides. Father Abas and wife Stheneboea are noted in prose (not registered).

Domains

• kingship
• city walls and fortification
• hospitality

Powers

• fortifies Tiryns with massive Cyclopean walls built by the seven Cyclopes
• sends Bellerophon to Iobates bearing a sealed letter ordering his own death

Relations

• sibling: Acrisius

Sources

• Apollodorus 2.2.1-2.3.2; Homer Iliad 6.157-170; Pausanias 2.16.2, 2.25.8; Bacchylides 11
• Apollod. 2.2.1 (twin son of Abas, brother of Acrisius)