Argives

The Argives were originally the inhabitants of Argos but the name later came to refer to all the Greeks.



Inachids

 * 1) Phoroneus, son of Inachus the river god
 * 2) Apis, son of Phoroneus
 * 3) Argos, grandson of Phoroneus
 * 4) Criasos, son of Argos
 * 5) Phorbas, son of Criasos
 * 6) Triopas, son of Phorbas
 * 7) Jasus, son of Phorbas
 * 8) Crotopos, son of Triopas
 * 9) Sthenelos, son of Jasus
 * 10) Gelanor, son of Phorbas

Aegyptiad

 * 1) Danaus, son of Belus, grandson of Poseidon, brother of Aegyptus, distant cousin  of Gelanor
 * 2) Lynceus, son of Aegyptus, son-in-law of Danaus
 * 3) Abas, son of Lynceus
 * 4) Proetus, son of Abas, also first king of Mycenae, which was split from Argos, son-in-law of Iobates of Lycia
 * 5) Acrisius, son of Abas
 * 6) Perseus, grandson of Acrisius, son of Zeus, traded his kingdom to Megapenthes for Mycenae
 * 7) Megapenthes, son of Proteus
 * 8) Argeos, son of Megapenthes
 * 9) Anaxagoras, son of Argeos, split the kingdom into three parts

Melampids (One-Third)

 * 1) Melampus, son of Amythaon, grandson of Cretheus, brother of Bias
 * 2) Antiphates, son of Melampus
 * 3) Oecles, son of Antiphates
 * 4) Amphiarus, son of Oecles
 * 5) Amphilochus, son of Amphiarus, bequeathed his share to Sthenelus

Biaids (One-Third)

 * 1) Bias, son of Amythaon, grandson of Cretheus, brother of Melampus
 * 2) Talaus, son of Bias
 * 3) Adrastus, son of Talaus
 * 4) Diomedes, maternal grandson of Adrastus, son of Tydeus, grandson of Oeneus of Aetolia
 * 5) Cyanippus, grandson of Adrastus, bequeathed his share to Cylabares

Aegyptiads (One-Third)

 * 1) Alector, son of Anaxagoras
 * 2) Iphis, son of  Anaxaogoras
 * 3) Sthenelius, son of Iphis, received another third from Amphilochus of the Melampids

Aegyptiads (Restored)

 * 1) Sthenelus
 * 2) ​Cylabares, son of Sthenelus, received another third from Cyanippus of the Biaids thus reuniting the kingdom

Atreids

 * 1) Orestes, son of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, seized the vacant throne of Argos, also king of Mycenae and Sparta
 * 2) Tisamenus, son of Orestes and Hermione, also king of Mycenae and Sparta

Heraclids

 * 1) Temenus, son of Aristomachus, grandson of Cleodamus, great-grandson of Hyllus, great-great-grandson of Heracles and Deinaeira.
 * 2) Deiphontes, son-in-law of Temenus
 * 3) Cissus, son of Temenus
 * 4) Lacidaus, son of Cissus
 * 5) Meltas, son of Lacidaus, was killed by the Argives and the monarchy converted into a democracy