Belos (Egyptian)

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This article is about the king of Egypt and Libya. For the Tyrian king in Roman mythology, see Belus (Tyrian).

Belus (Ancient Greek: Βῆλος) was the son of Poseidon and Libya; a descendant of the river god Inachus and nymph Melia. His brother was King Agenor of Phoenicia and he was married to Achiroe, the daughter of the river god Chremetes or Nilus. Achiroe's sister Telephassa, was married to Agenor.

With Achiroe, Belus was the father of the feuding brothers Danaus and Aegyptus, both of whom were intended to succeed him (as co-monarchs). However, as the result of a feud, Danaus fled to Greece, where he succeeded his distant cousin Gelanor to the throne of Argos.

He reigned over Egypt and Libya, a land he named after his mother.

Family[]

Inachid Genealogy in Greek mythology

After Eurystheus, the kingdom of Mycenae passed to the Atreids in the person of Atreus
									Inachus			Melia



					Zeús				Io									Phoroneus			Teledice



							Epaphus			Memphis								Apis						Argus				Evadne



									Libya			Poseidôn														Criasos				Melantho



			Belos				Achiroe								Agenor			Telephassa										Phorbas				Cleobea



Danaus				Pieria				Aegyptus			Cadmus				Cilix			Europa			Phoenix		Gelanor						Triopas					Jasus



		Hypermnestra						Lynceus			Kings of Thebes				Kings of Cilicia			Kings of Crete			Kings of Phoenicia												Sosis			Nepeira

Lacedaemon

			Sparta			Abas							Ocalea																		Crotopos				Sthenelos



	Eurydice							Acrisius			Proetus				Stheneboea



		Zeús				Danaë							Megapenthes				Demophile



					Perseus				Andromeda							Argeos			Pyrante



						Alcaeus				Electryon				Sthenelus				Anaxagoras												Hyrmine

	Astydamia							Eurydice												Nicippe

				Amphitryon						Alcmene					Zeús			Eurystheus					Alector				Iphis				Helice



			Automedusa				Iphicles					Heracles										Itea							Sthenelius

																									Cylabares

					Iolaus				Megara

												Heraclidae (see Heraclid genealogy)

							Bacchiadae

Preceded by:
Anysus

King of Egypt
Mythic

Succeeded by
Aegyptus

Preceded by:
None, Title created

King of Libya
Mythic

Succeeded by
Aegyptus

References[]

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