In Greek mythology , Argia / ɑːr ˈ dʒ aɪ ə / or Argea / ɑːr ˈ dʒ iː ə / ( Ancient Greek : Ἀργεία Argeia ) was a daughter of King Adrastus of Argos , and of Amphithea , daughter of Pronax . She was married to Polynices , the exiled king of Thebes , and bore him three sons: Thersander , Adrastus , and Timeas .
2-585: When Oedipus had died at Thebes, Argia came with others to the funeral of Oedipus, her father-in-law. She is remembered in De Mulieribus Claris , a collection of biographies of historical and mythological women by the Florentine author Giovanni Boccaccio , composed in 1361–62. It is notable as the first collection devoted exclusively to biographies of women in Western literature. In Dante 's Inferno , she
4-502: Is found in Limbo. This article relating to Greek mythology is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . De Mulieribus Claris De Mulieribus Claris or De Claris Mulieribus ( Latin for "Concerning Famous Women") is a collection of biographies of historical and mythological women by the Florentine author Giovanni Boccaccio , composed in Latin prose in 1361–1362. It
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