Argea
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- For the doll-like figures used in Ancient Roman ceremonies, see Argei.
In Greek mythology, Argea (or Argeia) was a daughter of King Adrastus of Argos. She was married to Polynices, the exiled king of Thebes.
Sources include:
- Apollodorus 3.6.1
- Euripides in The Phoenician Women and Suppliants, who mentions the wedding without giving her name.
- Hyginus, who in his Fabulae (Latin) calls her Argia.
- Robert Graves in his popular The Greek Myths (106c) prefers the spelling Aegeia.
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