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

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]
Genealogical tree

Dorus

Aetolus

Pronoe

Amythaon

Xanthippe

Pleuron

Calydon

Aeolia

Sterope

Stratonice

Laophonte

Agenor

Epicaste

Cleoboea

Protogeneia

Ares

Euryte

Porthaon

Demonice

Thestius

Eurythemis

Oxylus

Oeneus

Althaea

Toxeus

Evippus

Plexippus

Eurypylus

Leda

Periphas

Toxeus

Deianira

Gorge

Perimede

Phoenix

Oecles

Hypermnestra

Clymenus

Melanippe

Thoas

Astypalaea

Poseidon

Polyboea

Iphianeira

Amphiaraus

Methone

Agelaus

Ancaeus

Eurypylus

Clytie

Thyreus

Eurymede

Heracles

Chalciope

Meleager

Thessalus

Notes

a fitting name for a son of Ares, god of war, Antoninus Liberalis, Notes and Commentary on Meleagrides sv Portheus p.110
Antoninus Liberalis, 2 as cited in Nicander's Metamorphoses
Apollodorus, 1.7.7 & 10; Antoninus Liberalis, 2.
Pausanias, 3.13.8
Hesiod, Ehoiai 79
Scholaist on Sophocles, Trachiniae 268
Apollonius Rhodius, 1.192; Hyginus, Fabulae 14

Scholia on Homer, Iliad 2.212; Tzetzes, Chiliades 7.888

References

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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