Argia (daughter of Adrastus)



In Greek mythology, Argia or Argea  (Ancient Greek: Ἀργεία Argeia) was a daughter of King Adrastus of Argos, and of Amphithea, daughter of Pronax. She was married to Polynices, the exiled king of Thebes, and bore him three sons: Thersander, Adrastus, and Timeas.

Mythology
When Oedipus had died at Thebes, Argia came with others to the funeral of Oedipus, her father-in-law.

Middle Age tradition
She is remembered in De Mulieribus Claris, a collection of biographies of historical and mythological women by the Florentine author Giovanni Boccaccio, composed in 136162. It is notable as the first collection devoted exclusively to biographies of women in Western literature.

In Dante's Inferno, she is found in Limbo.