Before the establishment of ademocracy, theAncient Greekcity-state ofArgos was ruled bykings. Most of them are probablymythical or only semi-historical. This list is based on that largely given byEusebius of Caesarea.

An alternative version supplied byTatian of the original 17 consecutive kings of Argos includesApis and Argios between Argos and Triopas.

Inachos, the supposed son ofOceanos andTethys, is affirmed to have been the founder of this kingdom. He married his sister Melissa, by whom he had two sons, Phoroneus and Aegialeus: he is supposed to be the father of Io, and therefore the Greeks are sometimes called "Inachoi" after him (see also thenames of the Greeks).

• Inachos.
• Phoroneus. Son of Inachos.
• Apis. Son of Phoroneus.
• Argos Pelasgos or Argeos. Son of Zeus and Niobe, the daughter of Phoroneus.

Argos named the kingdom after himself.

• Criasos orPirasos orPeranthos. Son of Argos.
• Phorbas. Son of either Argos or Criasos.
• Triopas. Son of Phorbas.
• Jasos. According to different sources, he was son of either Phoroneus, Argos Pelasgos, Argos Panoptes, or Triopas.
• Agenor. Son of Triopas.
• Crotopos. Son of Agenor.
• Sthenelos.
• PelasgosGelanor. He gave Danaus his kingdom in response to an oracle or omen.

• Danaos. Son of Belus, a mythical king of Egypt. Danaus had fifty daughters, the Danaides.
• Lynceus. Son of Aigyptos. Killed Danaus and married Danaus's daughter Hypermnestra.

Lynceus means "lynx-eyed".

• Abas. Son of Lynceus.
• Proetos. A son of Abas.
• Acrisios. A son of Abas. Twin brother of Proetos; they were rivals since the womb. Acrisios defeated and exiled Proetos and later shared the kingdom with him, surrendering to him Tiryns and eastern Argolis.
• Perseus Eurymedon. Son of Zeus and Danaë (the daughter of Acrisios). Perseus never reigned at Argos, traded the kingdom of Argos for that ofTiryns (which had been ruled byMegapenthes) and established the city and kingdom ofMycenae.
• Megapenthes. Son of Proetos.
• Argeos. Son of Megapenthes.

• Anaxagoras. A descendant of Megapenthes. The kingdom of Argos was divided into three parts. One third was given toMelampos and another toBias (brother of Melampos) while Anaxagoras and his lineage continued to rule the central region.
• Alector. Son of Anaxagoras.
• Iphis. Son of Alector.
• Sthenelos. Regained the portion of the kingdom given to Melampus upon the death of Amphilochus.
• Cylarabes, orCylarabos, orCylasabos. Son of Sthenelos. Regained the portion of the kingdom given to Bias upon the death of Cyanippus.

• Melampos.
• Antiphates.
• Oicles orOikles orOecles.
• Amphiaraus orAmphiaraos.
• Amphilochos. Son of Alcmaeon; he bequeathed his portion of the kingdom of Argos to Sthenelos.

• Bias
• Talaus orTalaon. Son of Bias. One of the Argonauts.
• Adrastos. Son of Talaos. Name is translated traditionally as "nonparticipant" or "uncooperative". Reigned during the war of the Seven Against Thebes.
• Diomedes. According to legend,Cometes, son of Sthenelos, had an affair with Diomedes's wifeAegiale while Diomedes was away for theTrojan War.
• Cyanippus. Son ofAegialeus and grandson of Adrastus. Upon his death, Cylarabes assumed control of his kingdom, thus reuniting Argolis.

• Orestes. King ofMycenae and son of Agamemnon of the Trojan War. Orestes gained the throne of Argos and Sparta upon the death of Cylarabes.
• Tisamenos. Son of Orestes. He was the final king of Argos, Mycenae and Sparta before the kingdom was conquered by theHeracleidae.

Kings claimed to be descendants of the mythological heroHeracles, many themselves mythological, include

• Temenus. Son of Aristomachos. Ancestor of the royal Macedonian dynasty, theTemenids.
• Pheidon I. Son of Temenus.
• Deiphontes. Son-in-law of Temenos.
• Cisos orCeisos. Temenos had left his kingdom to his son in law Deiphontes even though he had natural sons of his own. In consequence of this, Deiphontes was slain by the stratagems of the sons of Temenos, the eldest of whom, Cisos, became king.
• Medon. Son of Ceisos.
• Maron. Son of Ceisos.^[1]
• Thestros(also known as thestios). Son of Maron.^[1]
• Akoos(or Acous)^[1] orMerops. Sons of Thestros.
• Aristodamidas(or Aristodamis). Son of Akoos or Merops.^[1][2]
• Eratos(Eratus), a contemporary king toNicander of Sparta^[3]
• Pheidon II. Son of Aristodamidas.
• Damocratidas(dated by G.Huxley at around 600 B.C^[4]).^[5][6]
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• Leokedes or Lacidas son of Pheidon.^[7]
• Meltas. Son of Lacidamos, grandson of Pheidon.

In historical times, kings of Argos lacked historical power, the tyrant kingPheidon excepted.

This is the king after the heraaclids fell out.

• Aigon (Aegon). (According to Plutarch inMoralia)^[8][9]

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