Argia (mythology)
Argia, Argea, or Argeia is a name borne by four minor characters in Greek mythology. These are:
- Argia of Argos, daughter of king Adrastus of Argos and Amphithea, daughter of Pronax. She married Polynices, son of Oedipus and bore him three sons: Thersander, Adrastus and Timeas.
- Argia, according to Hyginus, was an Oceanid nymph mother of Phoroneus, by her brother Inachus. She may also have been the mother of Io.
- Argia, wife of Polybus and mother of Argus.
- Argia, daughter of king Autesion of Thebes. She married Aristodemus and became the mother of twins, Eurysthenes and Procles, the ancestors of the two royal houses of Sparta.
- Argeia, was also an epithet of the Greek goddess Hera derived from Argos, the principal seat of her worship.
