Editing Pandorus (section)

{{short description|Greek mythical figure}}
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Pandorus''' {{IPAc-en|ˌ|p|æ|n|ˈ|d|ɔː|r|ə|s}} ({{langx|grc|Πάνδωρος}}) may refer to the following personages:

* Pandorus, son of [[Zeus]] and [[Pandora (daughter of Deucalion)|Pandora]], daughter of [[Deucalion]] and [[Pyrrha]]. He was the brother of [[Melera]],<ref>[[Clement of Alexandria]], ''Recognitions'' 10.21</ref> and possibly [[Graecus]]<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women]]'' fr. 5</ref> and [[Latinus]].<ref>[[John the Lydian|Ioannes Lydus]], ''De Mensibus'' 1.13</ref>
*Pandorus, an [[Athen|Athenian]] prince as the son of King [[Erechtheus]] of [[Athens]]<ref name=":0">[[Pseudo-Scymnus|Pseudo-Scymnos]], ''Circuit de la terre'' [https://topostext.org/work/130#566 566 ff.]</ref> and [[Praxithea]], daughter of [[Phrasimus]] and [[Cephissus (Boeotia)|Diogeneia]]. He was the brother of [[Metion]], [[Cecrops II|Cecrops]],<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.15.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Pandorus 3.15.1]</ref> [[Protogeneia]], [[Pandora (Greek myth)|Pandora]], [[Procris]], [[Creusa (daughter of Erechtheus)|Creusa]], [[Orithyia (Athenian)|Oreithyia]] and [[Chthonia]].<ref>[[Suda|Suida]], s.v. ''[https://topostext.org/work/240#pi.668 Maidens, Virgins (Παρθένοι)]''</ref> Pandorus' possible siblings were [[Orneus]],<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.25.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Erechtheus 2.25.6]; [[Plutarch]], ''Theseus'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plut.+Thes.+32.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0067:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Erechtheus 32.1]; [[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. ''[https://topostext.org/work/241#O496.5 Orneiai (Ὀρνειαί)]''</ref> [[Thespius]],<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4B*.html#29.2 4.29.2]</ref> [[Eupalamus]],<ref>Diodorus Siculus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4D*.html#76.1 4.76.1]</ref> [[Sicyon (mythology)|Sicyon]]<ref>Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.6.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Erechtheus 2.6.5], citing [[Hesiod]] (''[[Catalogue of Women|Ehoiai]]'' fr. 224) for [[Erechtheus]]</ref> and [[Merope (Greek myth)|Merope]].<ref>Plutarch, ''Theseus'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plut.+Thes.+19.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0067:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Erechtheus 19.5]</ref> After leaving [[Attica]], he  founded the city of [[Chalcis]] in [[Euboea (mythology)|Euboea]].<ref name=":0" />