Te'menus
3. A son of Aristomachus, one of the Heracleidae.
He was the father of Ceisus, Cerynes, Phalces, Agraeus, and Hyrnetho. (
Paus. 2.28;
Apollod. 2.8.2.)
He was one of the leaders of the Heracleidae into Peloponnesus, and, after the conquest of the peninsula, he received Argos as his share. (
Apollod. 2.8.4, &c.; Plat.
Min. p. 683b. ;
Strab. viii. p.389.) His tomb was shown at Temenion near Lerna. (
Paus. 2.38.1.) His descendants, the Temenidae, being expelled from Argos, are said to have founded the kingdom of Macedonia, whence the kings of Macedonia called themselves Temenidae. (
Hdt. 8.138;
Thuc. 2.99.)
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