Temenus

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Temenus is a mythological Greek hero and king, a descendant of Heracles who played a key role in the Dorian invasion and the founding of Argos’s royal line.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Heraclid
mythological Greek hero
mythological king
alliedWith Dorian tribes
ancestor Heracles NERFINISHED
associatedWith Argos NERFINISHED
Dorian invasion
Heracleidae NERFINISHED
Peloponnese NERFINISHED
child Agraeus NERFINISHED
Cisos NERFINISHED
Hyrnetho NERFINISHED
Kerynes NERFINISHED
Phalces NERFINISHED
conflict Achaean rulers of the Peloponnese
countryOfCitizenship Argos (mythological kingdom) NERFINISHED
culture ancient Greek
daughter Hyrnetho NERFINISHED
deathCause murder
ethnicGroup Dorian Greeks NERFINISHED
father Aristomachus NERFINISHED
grandfather Cleodaeus NERFINISHED
greatGrandfather Hyillus NERFINISHED
house House of Heracles NERFINISHED
killedBy sons of Temenus (except Deiphontes)
language ancient Greek (mythic context)
literarySource Apollodorus "Bibliotheca" NERFINISHED
Diodorus Siculus "Library of History" NERFINISHED
Pausanias "Description of Greece" NERFINISHED
mythologicalEvent Return of the Heracleidae NERFINISHED
division of the Peloponnese among the Heraclids
mythologicalType hero-king
notableFor establishing Dorian rule in Argos
notableRole founder of the royal line of Argos
leader in the Dorian invasion of the Peloponnese
positionHeld Dorian leader
king of Argos
reasonForMurder preference for his son-in-law Deiphontes as successor
receivedTerritory Argos NERFINISHED
region Argolis NERFINISHED
religion ancient Greek religion
sibling Aristodemus NERFINISHED
Cresphontes NERFINISHED
sonInLaw Deiphontes NERFINISHED
spouse Unnamed wife of Temenus
successor Deiphontes NERFINISHED
timeInMythology generation after Heracles

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Heracleidae hasCentralFigure Temenus
Heracleidae hasMember Temenus