Porthaon

Porthaon ( Greek  Πορθάων , Latin often Parthaon ) is the son of Agenor and the Epicaste in Greek mythology , thus a descendant of Endymion . He was king in Pleuron and Kalydon . With Euryte he fathered the sons Oineus , Agrios , Alkathoos , Melas and Leukopeus as well as the daughter Sterope , who is said to have been the mother of the Sirens .

When Homer is considered the king of Calydon and Pleuron Portheus called.

literature

• Johannes Ilberg : Porthaon 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, Sp. 2780-2780 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Pausanias 4, 35, 1.
2. ^ Hyginus Mythographus , Fabulae 175.
3. ↑ Pausanias 6, 20, 17 and 6, 21, 10.
4. ↑ Libraries of Apollodorus 1, 7, 10.