Triopas (king of Argos)

In Greek mythology, Triopas or Triops or (Ancient Greek: Τρίωψ, gen.: Τρίοπος) was the seventh king of Argos.Compare Eusebius. Praeparatio evangelica, 10.9.8; 10.11.2, 10.12.1-3; Eusebius, Chronography, 66; Augustine. City of God, Book 18.8;  Tatian. Address to the Greeks, 39; Hyginus. Fabulae, 124 Triopas may be an aspect of the Argive Zeus (sometimes represented with a third eye on his forehead), or may be his human representative.
== Etymology ==
The name's popular etymology is "he who has three eyes" (from τρι- "three" + -ωπ- "see") but the ending -ωψ, -οπος suggests a Pre-Greek origin.
== Family ==
Triopas belonged to the house of Phoroneus of Argos. According to Hyginus' Fabulae, he was the son of Piranthus and Callirhoe, brother of Argus and Arestorides and the father by Oreasis (Oreaside) of XanthusDiodorus Siculus. Library of History 5.81.1 and Inachus (probably Iasus). Eurisabe, Anthus, Pelasgus and Agenor were probably Triopas' sons when we took into account that Iasus was always called the brother of Pelasgus and Agenor even though their parentage was differently given.Hyginus. Fabulae, 145 Alternatively, Triopas was also called the son of Phorbas and Euboea, brother of Arestor and father again of Pelasgus, Iasus, Agenor and a daughter Messene.Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2.16.1; 2.22.1; 4.1.1. In the latter case, among these children, the eldest were the twins Pelasgus and Iasus who were mothered by Sois.Scholia on Euripides, Orestes, 932
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF TRIOPAS' FAMILY ACCORDING TO VARIOUS SOURCES	COMPARATIVE TABLE OF TRIOPAS' FAMILY ACCORDING TO VARIOUS SOURCES	COMPARATIVE TABLE OF TRIOPAS' FAMILY ACCORDING TO VARIOUS SOURCES	COMPARATIVE TABLE OF TRIOPAS' FAMILY ACCORDING TO VARIOUS SOURCES
Relation 	Scholia on Euripides 	Hyginus' Fabulae 	Pausanias' Description of Greece
Parents 	Phorbas and Euboea 	Piranthus and Callirhoe 	Phorbas
Siblings 	Arestor 	Argus, Arestorides 	-
Wife 	Sois 	Oreaside 	-
Children 	Pelasgus, Iasus 	Xanthus, Inachus; Eurisabe, Anthus, Pelasgus, Agenor 	Iasus, Agenor, Pelasgus, Messene
== Reign ==
According to Eusebius, Triopas reigned for 46 years, in which Prometheus, Epimetheus, Atlas and Io lived during this time. He succeeded either his father Piranthus or Phorbas to the throne of Argos and was in turn replaced either by his son Iasus or Agenor, or by his grandson Crotopus (son himself of Agenor). Triopas was a contemporary of the autochthon Cecrops, first king of Athens and Marathonius, the thirteenth king of Sicyon.
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Kings of Argos 	Regnal Years 	Regnal Years 	Castor 	Regnal Years 	Regnal Years 	Syncellus 	Regnal Years 	Hyginus 	Pausanias 	Regnal Years 	Tatian
Precessor 	1542.5 	35 winters & summers 	Phorbas 	1539.5 	25 winters & summers 	Phorbas 	1575 	Peranthus 	Peirasus or Phorbas 	1550 	Phorbas
Triopas 	1525 	46 winters & summers 	Triopas 	1527 	36 winters & summers 	Triopas 	1550 	Triopas 	-do- 	1525 	Triopas
Successor 	1502 	21 years 	Crotopus 	1509 	24 winters & summers 	Crotopus 	1525 	Agenor or Iasus 	Agenor or Iasus 	1500 	Crotopus
== References ==
Category:Greek Mythology