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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Proetus''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|r|iː|t|ə|s}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Προῖτος ''Proitos'') may refer to the following personages:

*[[Proetus (king of Argos and Tiryns)|Proetus]], king of [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argos]] and [[Tiryns]], son of [[Abas (son of Lynceus)|Abas]] and twin brother of [[Acrisius]].<ref>[[Pseudo-Apollodorus|Apollodorus]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.4.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:chapter=&highlight=Proetus 2.4.1]</ref>
*Proetus, a prince of [[Ancient Corinth|Corinth]] as the son of Prince [[Thersander]], son of King [[Sisyphus]]. He was the father of [[Maera (mythology)|Maera]] who died a maiden.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+10.30.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:chapter=&highlight=Proetus 10.30.5]</ref> [[Scholia]]sts on the ''[[Odyssey]]'' confound him with the Argive Proetus.<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' 11.325</ref>
*Proetus of [[Ancient Thebes (Boeotia)|Thebes]], [[eponym]] of the Proetid Gates,<ref>Pausanias, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+9.8.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:chapter=&highlight=Proetus 9.8.4]</ref> and father of [[Galanthis]].<ref>[[Antoninus Liberalis]], [https://topostext.org/work/216#29 29]</ref>
*Proetus of [[Nauplia]], a son of [[Nauplius (mythology)|Nauplius I]] and father of [[Lernus]].<ref>[[Apollonius Rhodius]], 1.136; Scholia ad 4.1091</ref>
*Proetus, a son of [[Agenor]] (?). It is unclear whether [[Stephanus of Byzantium|Stephanus]]<ref>[[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. ''Thasos''</ref> is referring to a son of Agenor named Proetus, or to the Argive Proetus as a descendant of Agenor.

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== References ==

* [[Antoninus Liberalis]], ''The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis'' translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). [https://topostext.org/work/216 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
*[[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]], ''[[Argonautica]]'' translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. [https://topostext.org/work/126 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica''. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0227 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
*Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Stephanus of Byzantium]], ''Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt,'' edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. [https://topostext.org/work/241 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]

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