Penthilus (son of Periclymenus)

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Penthilos ( Greek  Πένθιλος ) is one of the descendants of Neleus in Greek mythology , although his position within the genealogy remains unclear. He is either the son of Periclymenus and father of Boros or the son of Boros. As the son of Boros, Andropompos , the father of Melanthos , is assigned to him as his own son , who is otherwise his grandson through Boros. Anchiroë would have been his wife.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pausanias 2:18 , 8.
  2. a b Hellanikos of Lesbos in Fragmenta historicorum Graecorum . Volume 1. 1841, No. 47.