Arestor appears in Greek literary and reference traditions as an Argive princely forebear whose primary role is genealogical. Sources identify him as husband of Mycene (daughter of Inachus), which links him to the eponymy of the city Mycenae. In various accounts he is named as the father of Argus Panoptes (hence the patronymic Arestorides) and is also cited in some traditions as father of Pelasgus (father of Lycaon of Arcadia). Some source summaries indicate that there may be two distinct figures named Arestor in the tradition — one associated with Argus Panoptes and another said to be father of an Argus who was a builder of the Argo — reflecting local and literary variants in Greek genealogies.
No surviving descriptions in the supplied sources give physical attributes, appearance, or iconography for Arestor. He is known only through genealogical listings and narrative references as an Argive prince or nobleman; the available materials therefore present him as a named ancestral node rather than as a figure represented with consistent visual features in the literary record.
The sources attribute no supernatural powers, magical functions, or independent mythic deeds to Arestor. His 'activity' in the tradition is genealogical: being husband to Mycene and (in various accounts) father of one or more figures named Argus and of Pelasgus. His cultural significance derives from lineage and eponymy (linking persons to place-names and heroic pedigrees) rather than from any attested cultic, magical, or combative capacities.
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Alcidamea
Alcidamea (also given as Alcidamia) is attested in classical mythographic sources as a mortal woman of Corinthian genealogy: the partner of the god Hermes and mother of Bunus (Bounos). Separately, Alcidamea is the Latinized name used in modern entomological taxonomy for a subgenus of solitary bees (Hoplitis (Alcidamea)).
Anaxiroe
Anaxiroe is a named female figure in archaic Greek genealogical tradition associated with the ruling families of Elis. In the supplied sources she appears only in relational roles (daughter of Coronus; in some accounts the wife of Epeius) and carries no supernatural attributes, cult, or ritual functions.
Arcesius
Arcesius (Ancient Greek: Ἀρκείσιος, also Arceisius/Arkeisios/Arcisius) is a mythic ancestral king of Ithaca attested in classical genealogical traditions as the father (or ancestor) of Laertes and an ancestor of Odysseus and Telemachus. Sources record multiple, conflicting parentage variants and occasional miraculous birth motifs; later uses of the name appear in non-mythic contexts (opera role, Roman technical literature, and a modern taxonomic label).
Archilycus
Archilycus (Ancient Greek Ἀρχίλυκος, Archílykos; Latinized Areilycus in some lists) is a mythic mortal attested only in genealogical and cataloguing traditions of ancient Greece. He is recorded as a member of a Boeotian noble lineage and as the father of leaders who took part in the Trojan expedition; he is not presented as a deity, monster, or active narrative character in surviving sources.
Argeus
Argeus (Ancient Greek: Ἀργεύς, "the hunter") is a personal and place-name attested across classical, Christian, and modern contexts. The name labels several distinct referents — mythological individuals (including a king of Argos), a historical/legendary pretender, a Christian saint, and a Roman toponym for Mount Erciyes — rather than a single supernatural being.
Boethoos
Boethoos (also Boethous/Boethos) is a minor named figure in Greek mythological genealogy, attested as a Lacedaemonian son of Argeios (son of Pelops) and Hegesandra (daughter of King Amyclas of Sparta). He appears only as a genealogical descendant within Peloponnesian heroic lineages in the supplied sources.
Cercaphus
Cercaphus (Ancient Greek Κέρκαφος) is a name borne by several related figures in Greek mythic genealogies and local foundation stories. Most prominently he appears among the Heliadae of Rhodes—portrayed as a son/descendant of Helios whose descendants become eponymous founders of Rhodian cities—but variant traditions attach the name to other ancestral figures in Thessaly and localized etiologies.
Cydragora
Cydragora (also attested Cyndragora) is an alternate personal name used in Greek mythic genealogies for the woman more commonly called Anaxibia, here identified in some traditions as a daughter of Atreus who married Strophius of Phocis and was mother of Pylades. The figure is presented as a mortal mythic woman whose primary role is dynastic and genealogical rather than supernatural.
Dardanus (son of Zeus)
Dardanus is a mythic progenitor and eponymous founder in Greek tradition, named as a son of Zeus and the Pleiad Electra and presented as ancestor of the Trojan royal line and the namesake of places on the Asian shore of the Hellespont.
Iphiloche
Iphiloche is a named mortal woman in Greek mythic genealogies, attested as the bride of Megapenthes (an illegitimate son of Menelaus). She functions as a genealogical connector in classical sources and later scholia, with variant name-forms attested in the manuscript tradition.
Makedon
Makedon (Μακεδών; also Makednos, transcribed Macedon) is the eponymous ancestor and founding progenitor of the Makedones (ancient Macedonians) in fragmentary ancient Greek genealogical narratives. He functions as a legendary first man in etiological accounts that explain the origin of the Macedonian ethnonym and identity.
Onesimachus
Onesimachus (Ancient Greek: Ὀνησίμαχος) is attested in the provided source only as a personal name appearing in Greek mythic genealogical material. He is cited as an alternative father of Amarynceus in one variant; the source treats him as an ordinary mortal figure within genealogical traditions rather than a supernatural being.
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- [1]Arestor. Wikipedia, 'Arestor' (entry summarizes classical traditions naming Arestor as an Argive prince, husband of Mycene, and father of Argus Panoptes; notes variant accounts and possibility of two figures named Arestor).wiki
- [2]Mycene (mythology). Wikipedia, 'Mycene (mythology)' (identifies Mycene as daughter of Inachus and wife of Arestor; names her as eponym of Mycenae).wiki
- [3]Argus - definitions and summary. Encyclo (summary entries noting Argus as son of Arestor and describing Argus Panoptes' epithet 'Panoptes' and guardian role).other
- [4]Argonautica — crew list (contextual genealogical tradition). Crew lists and Argonautica material cited for genealogical placement of figures named Argus in heroic-age narratives.literary