Temenus
(Τήμενος).
1. A son of Pelasgus, educated Hera at Stymphalus in Arcadia. (Paus. 8.22.2.)
2. A son of Phegeus. (Paus. 8.24.4.)
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.) [L.S]
(Τήμενος). The son of Aristomachus. He was one of the Heraclidae who invaded the Peloponnesus. (See Heraclidae.) After the conquest of the peninsula, he received Argos as his share. 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 (Herod. viii. 138; Thucyd. ii. 99).
- son of Aristomachus, returns with Cresphontes to Peloponnese: Paus. 2.18.7
- one of the Heraclids, remonstrates with the oracle: Apollod. 2.8.2
- prepares to invade Peloponnese: Apollod. 2.8.2
- receives an oracle about a Three eyed One: Apollod. 2.8.2
- leads Dorians: Paus. 2.21.3
- has Argos allotted to him: Apollod. 2.8.3
- gets possession of Argos: Paus. 3.1.5, Paus. 4.3.3
- king of Argos: Paus. 2.19.1
- casts lots between Cresphontes and sons of Aristodemus for Messenia: Paus. 4.3.4ff.
- fortifies Temenium: Paus. 2.38.1
- father of Phalces, Cisus, Cerynes, Argaeus and Hyrnetho: Paus. 2.6.7, Paus. 2.13.1, Paus. 2.28.3
- his sons hated by their sister Hyrnetho and her husband Deiphontes: Paus. 2.26.2, cf.Paus. 2.28.4
- favouring his daughter and her husband, he is murdered at the instigation of his sons: Apollod. 2.8.4
- deposed by his sons: Paus. 2.19.1
- his tomb revered by Dorians at Argos: Paus. 2.38.1
- Hdt. 8.137
- dwells at Stymphalus: Paus. 8.22.2
- brings up Hera and founds three sanctuaries in her honour: Paus. 8.22.2
- Paus. 8.24.10