Inacus

Lignée d'Inachos

In Greek mythology, Inachus (in ancient Greek Ἴναχος Înakhos) was the first king of Argos, for whom a river there was named after him., the river Inacus. Although in the catalog of rivers as a whole it is not usually cited as one among them, it is agreed that Inacus is one of the Oceanids or river gods. By his wife, Melia or Argía, at the time one of the Oceanids, was the father of Foroneo and Aegialeo, and also of a daughter, Mycene. Other sources tell us that Foroneo, without specifying the consort, was the father, in addition to Argos Panoptes, of Philodice, the wife of Leucippus. and of several naiads, called by the patronymic of Ináquides without further ado, or citing them individually, such as Amymone, Meseide and Hyperia. But without a doubt, the most famous daughter of Ináco was none other than Io. An aberrant tradition makes him the father of Themisto, mother of Arcade by Zeus.

Next to the Cefiso and Asterion rivers, he was proclaimed judge in the dispute between Hera and Poseidon for the possession of the Argolide. Since it was awarded to Hera, the three rivers were deprived of water by Poseidon. Later his daughter Io, who was a priestess of Hera, was seduced or kidnapped by Zeus to make her his lover. In another story, Innaco was said to be outraged. For this reason, he pursued Zeus, but he intervened through the Erinia Tisiphone and caused him to go mad. He threw himself into the river that until then had been called Haliacmon and that has since been renamed Inacus in his honor.