1. One of the five surviving Spartae that had grown up from the dragon's teeth, which Cadmus
had sown. (Apollod. 3.4.1; Hyg. Fab.
178; Ov. Met. 3.126.) He was married to Agave, by whom
he became the father of Pentheus. (Apollod. 3.5.2.) He is said
to have dedicated a temple of Cybele in Boeotia, and to have assisted Cadmus in the building
of Thebes. (Ov. Met. 10.68(6.)