Electryon

, a king of Argos, son of Perseus and Andromeda. He was brother to Alcæus, whose daughter Anaxo he married, and by her he had several sons, and one daughter, Alcmene. He sent his sons against the Teleboans, who had ravaged his country, and they were all killed except Licymnius. Upon this Electryon promised his crown and daughter in marriage to him who could undertake to punish the Teleboans for the death of his sons. A mph i try on offered himself and succeeded. Electryon inadvertently perished by the hand of his son-in-law. See: A mph i try on , Alcmena . Apollo dor us , bk. 2 , ch. 4 .— Pausanias.