Iasus (king of Argos)

In Greek mythology, Iasus; ({Ancient Greek: Ἴασος) or Iasius (Ancient Greek: Ἰάσιος) was a king of Argos.
== Family ==
According to Hellanicus of Lesbos, Phoroneus had at least three sons: Agenor, Jasus (Iasus) and Pelasgus.Eustathius on Homer, 385. 40
In Apollodorus' Bibliotheca, Iasus was the son of Argus and Ismene (daughter of Asopus) and thus brother of Argus Panoptes. In a Scholia on Euripides' Orestes, Triopas and Sois are called his parents and Pelasgus is his brother.Scholia on Euripides, Orestes, 932 While Pausanias, described Iasus as the son of Triopas (son of Phorbas) and brother of Agenor.Scholia on Odyssey, 18. 246Eustathius on Homer, p. 1465 Generally most scholars agree that Iasus was the father of IoPseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 1. 3 by Leucane.
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF IASUS' FAMILY ACCORDING TO VARIOUS SOURCES	COMPARATIVE TABLE OF IASUS' FAMILY ACCORDING TO VARIOUS SOURCES	COMPARATIVE TABLE OF IASUS' FAMILY ACCORDING TO VARIOUS SOURCES	COMPARATIVE TABLE OF IASUS' FAMILY ACCORDING TO VARIOUS SOURCES	COMPARATIVE TABLE OF IASUS' FAMILY ACCORDING TO VARIOUS SOURCES	COMPARATIVE TABLE OF IASUS' FAMILY ACCORDING TO VARIOUS SOURCES	COMPARATIVE TABLE OF IASUS' FAMILY ACCORDING TO VARIOUS SOURCES	COMPARATIVE TABLE OF IASUS' FAMILY ACCORDING TO VARIOUS SOURCES
Relation 	Hellanicus 	Scholia on Homer 	Scholia on Euripides 	Herodotus 	Apollodorus 	Pausanias 	Eustathius on Homer
Parents 	Phoroneus 	Phoroneus 	Triopas and Sois 	Argus 	Argus and Ismene 	Triopas 	Phoroneus
Sibling 	Agenor, Pelasgus 	Agenor, Pelasgus 	Pelagus 	- 	Argus Panoptes 	Agenor, Pelasgus, Messene 	Agenor, Pelasgus
Wife 	- 	- 	Leucane 	- 	- 	- 	-
Children 	- 	- 	Io 	Io 	Io 	Io 	-
== Reign ==
After the death of Phoroneus, the two elder brothers, Pelasgus and Iasus, divided his dominions between themselves in such a manner that Pelasgus received the country about the river Erasmus, and built Larissa, and Iasus the country about Elis. After the death of these two, Agenor, the youngest, invaded their dominions, and thus became king of Argos.Hellanicus of Lesbos, Fragm. p. 47, ed. Sturz.Scholia on Homer, Iliad, 3. 75 According to Pausanias, he was the successor of his father Triopas on the throne of Argos while his brother Agenor succeeded him as the king afterwardsPausanias, Description of Greece, 2. 16. 1.
== References ==
Category:Greek Mythology