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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[edit]

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[edit]

  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

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