the gods. They roamed the countryside of the Argolid and even the rest of the Peloponnese in a frenzied fashion, sometimes causing other women to join them as well. They were only healed when the seer Melampus purified them, who then got two thirds of the kingdom and Iphianassa's hand in marriage as a prize.

Family and names

The Proetids were the daughters of King Proetus and his queen Stheneboea

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