What is "iasus"

In Greek mythology, Iasus or Iasius (Ancient Greek: ) was the name of several individuals:

• Iasus, king of Argos. His genealogy is confused; according to different sources, he was:
  • Son of Phoroneus, brother of Agenor and Pelasgus
  • Son of Argus and either Evadne or Peitho
  • Son of Argus Panoptes and Ismene, daughter of Asopus; possible father of Io
  • Son of Io
  • Son of Triopas and again brother of Pelasgus and Agenor; successor to Agenor on the throne; possibly the father of Io by Leucane
• Iasus (Iasius), father of Atalanta by Clymene, daughter of Minyas; he was the son of King Lycurgus of Arcadia by either Eurynome or Cleophyle. His brothers were Ancaeus, Epochus and Amphidamas.
• Iasus (Iasius), one of the Dactyli or Curetes.
• Iasius, son of Eleuther and father of Chaeresilaus.
• Iasus, son of Sphelus (himself son of Bucolus), leader of the Athenians, was killed by Aeneas in the Trojan War.
• Iasus, king of Cyprus, father of Dmetor. In the Odyssey, he appears in a story told (and made up) by Odysseus.
• Iasus, father of Palinurus and Iapis.
• Iasus, father of Phaedimus. His son was killed by Amyntas in the battle of Seven Against Thebes.
• Iasus, father of Nepeia, who married King Olympus and gave her name to the plain of Nepeia near Cyzicus.
• Iasus (Iasius), possible father of Amphion.
• Iasius, winner of the horse-racing contest at the Olympic games held by Heracles.
• Iasius, same as Iasion.