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{{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" />

== Notes ==
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== References ==

* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Diodorus Siculus]], ''The Library of History'' translated by [[Charles Henry Oldfather]]. Twelve volumes. [[Loeb Classical Library]]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
*Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2''. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[[Hesiod]], ''Catalogue of Women'' from ''Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica'' translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HesiodCatalogues.html Online version at theio.com]
* [[Plutarch|Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus]], ''Lives'' with an English Translation by Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. 1. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0067 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0075 Greek text available from the same website].
*[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
*Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[[Clementine literature|Pseudo-Clement]], ''Recognitions'' from [[Ante-Nicene Period|Ante-Nicene]] Library Volume 8'','' translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/ClementRecognitions.html Online version at theio.com]
*[[Stephanus of Byzantium]], ''Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt,'' edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. [https://topostext.org/work/241 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
*[[Suda|Suida]], ''Suda Encyclopedia'' translated by Ross Scaife, David Whitehead, William Hutton, Catharine Roth, Jennifer Benedict, Gregory Hays, Malcolm Heath Sean M. Redmond, Nicholas Fincher, Patrick Rourke, Elizabeth Vandiver, Raphael Finkel, Frederick Williams, Carl Widstrand, Robert Dyer, Joseph L. Rife, Oliver Phillips and many others. [https://topostext.org/work/240 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]

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