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Proetus

gen. Proeti · gender masculine · decl. 2nd
a king of Tiryns; brother of Acrisius; his daughters •
a king of Tiryns, brother of Acrisius, Ov. M. 5, 238 sq. —Proetĭdes, um, f., = Προιτιδες, his daughters, who being punished with madness by Juno for their pride, imagined themselves to be cows: Proetides implerunt falsis mugitibus agros, Verg. E. 6, 48; Ov. M. 15, 326; Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 47.
Perseus ID: n38592 Key: Proetus