Argea
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- For the doll-like figures used in Ancient Roman ceremonies, see Argei.
- For other uses of name Argea see Argia (disambiguation)
In Greek mythology, Argea (or Argeia) was a daughter of King Adrastus of Argos, and of Amphithea, daughter of Pronax. She was married to Polynices, the exiled king of Thebes, and bore him three sons: Thersander, Adrastus, and Timeas.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Sources include:
- Apollodorus 3.6.1
- Euripides in The Phoenician Women and Suppliants, who mentions the wedding without giving her name.
- Hyginus, who in his Fabulae (Latin) calls her Argia.
- Robert Graves in his popular The Greek Myths (106c) prefers the spelling Aegeia.
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 69. LXIX. [1]
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 70. LXX. [2]
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2.20.5 [3]
- ^ Apollodorus, Library 1.9.13 [4]
- ^ Apollodorus, Library, 3.6.1 [5]
- ^ Hesiod, Catalogue of Women, fragment 99a, [6]
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