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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Porthaon''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Πορθάων, [[genitive]] Πορθάονος), sometimes referred to as '''[[Parthaon (mythology)|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 (son of Pleuron)|Agenor]] or [[Ares]]<ref name=":0">[[Antoninus Liberalis]], [https://topostext.org/work/216#2 2] as cited in [[Nicander|Nicander's]] ''Metamorphoses''</ref> by [[Epicaste]] and thus brother of [[Demonice of Aetolia|Demonice]] (also known as [[Demodice]])<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.7.7&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:chapter=&highlight=Porthaon 1.7.7] & [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.7.10&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:chapter=&highlight=Porthaon 10]; Antoninus Liberalis, [https://topostext.org/work/216#2 2].</ref> and possibly [[Thestius]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+3.13.8&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:chapter=&highlight=Thestius 3.13.8]</ref>

== Family ==
Porthaon was the husband of [[Euryte]], daughter of [[Hippodamas (mythology)|Hippodamas]], who became the mother of his children, [[Oeneus]], [[Agrius of Calydon|Agrius]], [[Alcathous]], [[Melas (mythology)|Melas]], [[Leucopeus]] and [[Sterope]]. In some account, his wife [[Laothoe]]<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women|Ehoiai]]'' [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HesiodCatalogues.html 79]</ref> bore him three daughters, Sterope, [[Eurythemista|Eurythemiste]] and [[Stratonice (wife of Melaneus)|Stratonice]].<ref name=":02">[[Scholia|Scholaist]] on [[Sophocles]], ''[[Women of Trachis|Trachiniae]]'' 268</ref> By an unnamed servant, Porthaon was the father of the [[Argonauts|Argonaut]] [[Laocoön (mythology)|Laocoön]].<ref>[[Apollonius Rhodius]], 1.192; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#14.3 14]</ref> [[Dia (mythology)|Dia]], the consort of his son Agrius was also called his daughter.<ref>Scholia on [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 2.212; [[Tzetzes]], ''Chiliades'' 7.888</ref>

== Genealogical tree ==
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==Notes==
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== References ==

* [[Antoninus Liberalis]], ''The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis'' translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). [https://topostext.org/work/216 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[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].
*[[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]], ''[[Argonautica]]'' translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853–1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. [https://topostext.org/work/126 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]], ''Argonautica''. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0227 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[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].

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