Argives — Minor Figures

4 figures from The Iliad who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Antea

wife of Proetus · first appears BOOK VI

• BOOK VI · married with Proetus “For Antea, wife of Proetus, lusted after him”
• BOOK VI · with Bellerophon “For Antea, wife of Proetus, lusted after him, and would have had him lie with her in secret”

Proetus

king · first appears BOOK VI

• BOOK VI · married with Antea “For Antea, wife of Proetus, lusted after him”
• BOOK VI · enemies with Bellerophon “But Proetus devised his ruin, and being stronger than he, drove him from the land of the Argives”

Sisyphus

ancestor · first appears BOOK VI

• BOOK VI · parent: Aeolus “Sisyphus lived, who was the craftiest of all mankind. He was the son of Aeolus”
• BOOK VI · child: Glaucus son of Sisyphus “where Sisyphus lived, who was the craftiest of all mankind. He was the son of Aeolus, and had a son named Glaucus”

Aeolus

father of Sisyphus · first appears BOOK VI

• BOOK VI · child: Sisyphus “Sisyphus lived, who was the craftiest of all mankind. He was the son of Aeolus”

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Extracted from the original text of The Iliad. Made with Rho MD.