person
Adrastus (king of Argos)
Adrastus
also: Ἄδρηστος
Legendary king of Sicyon and Argos, father-in-law of Diomedes (through his daughter Aegialeia) and owner of the immortal horse Arion; recalled several times as background genealogy rather than appearing as a character.
Reading notes
- The Iliad §2.441 Adrastus
A legendary former king of Argos, recalled in the Catalogue of Ships as the man who first yoked the immortal horse Arion — background genealogy rather than an active character in the poem.