A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Ἀρέστωρ), the father of Argus Panoptes, the guardian of lo, who is therefore called Arestorides. (Apollod. 2.1.3; Apollon. 1.112; Ov. Met. 1.624.) According to Pausanias (2.16.3), Arestor was the husband of Mycene, the daughter of Inachus, from whom the town of Mycenae derived its name.

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