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    Porthaon

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    In Greek mythology, Porthaon (Ancient Greek: Πορθάων, genitive Πορθάονος), sometimes referred to as Parthaon or Portheus (seems related to the verb portheō and perthō, "destroy'[1]), was a king of Calydon and son of Agenor or Ares[2] by Epicaste and thus brother of Demonice (also known as Demodice)[3] and possibly Thestius.[4]

    Family

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    Porthaon was the husband of Euryte, daughter of Hippodamas, who became the mother of his children, Oeneus, Agrius, Alcathous, Melas, Leucopeus and Sterope. In some account, his wife Laothoe[5] bore him three daughters, Sterope, Eurythemiste and Stratonice.[6] By an unnamed servant, Porthaon was the father of the Argonaut Laocoön.[7] Dia, the consort of his son Agrius was also called his daughter.[8]

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    Notes

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    1. ^ a fitting name for a son of Ares, god of war, Antoninus Liberalis, Notes and Commentary on Meleagrides sv Portheus p.110
    2. ^ Antoninus Liberalis, 2 as cited in Nicander's Metamorphoses
    3. ^ Apollodorus, 1.7.7 & 10; Antoninus Liberalis, 2.
    4. ^ Pausanias, 3.13.8
    5. ^ Hesiod, Ehoiai 79
    6. ^ Scholaist on Sophocles, Trachiniae 268
    7. ^ Apollonius Rhodius, 1.192; Hyginus, Fabulae 14
    8. ^ Scholia on Homer, Iliad 2.212; Tzetzes, Chiliades 7.888

    References

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    • Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
    • Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
    • Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853–1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
    • Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
    • Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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