Ecbasus

In Greek mythology, Ecbasus (Ancient Greek: Έκβασος, romanized: Ékbasos, lit. 'outcoming', 'departure' or 'stepping out') was the son of Argus, the king and eponym of Argos (and son of Zeus and Niobe). According to the mythographer Apollodorus, his mother was Evadne, the daughter of the river god Strymon, and he was the sibling of Criasus, Epidaurus, and Piras. According to a scholion on Euripides, however, his mother was the Oceanid Peitho.^{[non-primary source needed]}

Ecbasus was the father of Agenor, himself the father of Argus Panoptes (the giant who guarded Io). According to the historian Charax, Ecbasus fathered Arestor, whose son, Pelasgus, settled in the region of Arcadia (which was originally known as Pelasgia).

Notes

↑ The name is a compound of two classic Greek word elements — Ek- (ἐκ), a prefix meaning "out of" or "from" and Basos (-βασος), derived from the verb bainō (βαίνω), meaning "to step," "to walk," or "to go."
↑ Apollodorus, 2.1.2; cf. Hyginus, Fabulae 145. Criasus succeeded their father to the throne of Argos.
↑ Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women 1116, on Orestes 932
↑ Apollodorus, 2.1.2; Hyginus, Fabulae 145.
↑ Brill's New Pauly, s.v. Arestor; BNJ, 103 F15 [= Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Parrasia].

References

Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.

[1] The name is a compound of two classic Greek word elements — Ek- (ἐκ), a prefix meaning "out of" or "from" and Basos (-βασος), derived from the verb bainō (βαίνω), meaning "to step," "to walk," or "to go."

[2] Apollodorus, 2.1.2; cf. Hyginus, Fabulae 145. Criasus succeeded their father to the throne of Argos.

[3] Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women 1116, on Orestes 932

[4] Apollodorus, 2.1.2; Hyginus, Fabulae 145.

[5] Brill's New Pauly, s.v. Arestor; BNJ, 103 F15 [= Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Parrasia].