Porthaon

Template:Short description 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'<ref>a fitting name for a son of Ares, god of war, Antoninus Liberalis, Notes and Commentary on Meleagrides sv Portheus p.110</ref>), was a king of Calydon and son of Agenor or Ares<ref name=":0">Antoninus Liberalis, 2 as cited in Nicander's Metamorphoses</ref> by Epicaste and thus brother of Demonice (also known as Demodice)<ref>Apollodorus, 1.7.7 & 10; Antoninus Liberalis, 2.</ref> and possibly Thestius.<ref>Pausanias, 3.13.8</ref>

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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<ref>Hesiod, Ehoiai 79</ref> bore him three daughters, Sterope, Eurythemiste and Stratonice.<ref name=":02">Scholaist on Sophocles, Trachiniae 268</ref> By an unnamed servant, Porthaon was the father of the Argonaut Laocoön.<ref>Apollonius Rhodius, 1.192; Hyginus, Fabulae 14</ref> Dia, the consort of his son Agrius was also called his daughter.<ref>Scholia on Homer, Iliad 2.212; Tzetzes, Chiliades 7.888</ref>

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