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Pleuron
A hero, his shrine, son of Aetolus, husband of Xanthippe, ancestor of Dioscuri.
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Thestius
Pesreus Encyclopedia
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(Thestios). The son of Ares and Demonice or Androdice, or, according
to others, a son of Agenor and grandson of Pleuron, the king of Aetolia. He was
the father of Iphiclus, Euippus, Plexippus, Eurypylus, Leda, Althaea, and Hypermnestra.
The patronymic Thestiades is given to his grandson Meleager, as well as to his
sons; and the female patronymic Thestias to his daughter Althaea, the mother of
Meleager.
| This text is from: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. Cited Oct 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks |
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Agenor & Epicaste
Agenor: Son of Pleuron and father of Thestius, husband of Epicaste.
Epicaste: Daughter of Calydon, wife of Agenor.
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Agenor, a son of Pleuron and Xanthippe, and grandson of Aetolus. Epicaste, the daughter of Calydon, became by him the mother of Porthaon and Demonice (Apollod. i. 7.7). According to Pausanias (iii. 13.5), Thestius, the father of Leda, is likewise a son of this Agenor.
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Eurypylus
Son of Thestius.
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Icarius
Son of Perieres, or of Oebalus, father of Perilaus, father of Penelope, etc., sets wooers of Penelope to run a race, gives Penelope to Ulysses to wife, Penelope said to have been sent away by Ulysses to her father Icarius, sets up image of Modesty, supports Hippocoon against Tyndareus, expelled from Lacedaemon by Hippocoon.
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Iphiclus (Iphicles)
Son of Thestius, hunts the Calydonian boar, in the Argo.
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Evippus
Evippus, (Euippos). A son of Thestius and Eurythemis, who, together with his brothers, was killed by Meleager. (Apollod. i. 7.10, 8.3)
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Leda
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Demonice
Demonice, (Demonike), a daughter of Agenor and Epicaste, who became by Ares the mother of Euenus, Molus, Pylus, and Thestius. (Apollod. i. 7.7.) Hesiod (ap. Schol. ad Hm. II. xiv. 200) calls her Demodoce.
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Cycnus
Cycnus (Kuknos). A son of Apollo by Thyria or Hyria, the daughter of Amphinomus. He was
a handsome hunter, living in the district between Pleuron and Calydon, and although
beloved by many, repulsed all his lovers, and only one, Cycnus, persevered in
his love. Cycnus at last imposed upon him three labours, viz. to kill a lion without
weapons, to catch alive some monstrous vultures which devoured men, and with his
own hand to lead a bull to the altar of Zeus. Phyllius accomplished these tasks,
but as, in accordance with a request of Heracles, he refused giving to Phyllius
a bull which he had received as a prize, Cycnus was exasperated at the refusal,
and leaped into lake Canope, which was henceforth called after him the Cycnean
lake. His mother Thyria followed him, and both were metamorphosed by Apollo into
swans (Antonin. Lib. 12). Ovid (Met. vii. 371, &c.), who relates the same story,
makes the Cycnean lake arise from Hyria melting away in tears at the death of
her son.
| This text is from: A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, 1873 (ed. William Smith). Cited Nov 2005 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks |
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