Bias (mythology)
Bias (Greek Βίας, the Conqueror ) in Greek mythology son of Amythaon, king of Pylos (see also the palace of Nestor ), and his wife Aglaia or Idomene and brother of Melampus.
Iphicles had Tyro, mother of Neleus, stole a herd of cattle. Neleus promised that of his daughter Pero woman who would bring back this herd. With the help of his brother Melampus succeeded bias to steal the cattle and married Pero. With her he had a son Talaus. Again with the help of his brother, he gained a third of the kingship of Argos and founded the House of Biantiden. This was the time of Anaxagoras; Bias now married Lysippe, the daughter of Proetus. More children were Arios, Leodokos and Anaxibia. After his death his son Talaus king of Argos.
In antiquity, the river was named bias in Messenia after him.