Chapter 5: The Line of Deukalion
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♠ Hesiod, Ehoiai (Catalogue of Women) fr 10a.58-65 – Hesiodi Theogonia, Opera et Dies, Scutum, p. 229, ed. Solmsen. 3d ed. Oxford 1990.
Then the mighty strength of godlike Aitolos made graceful blooming Kalyke his wife; [60] and she bore Endymion dear to the blessed gods; Zeus honored him and gave him uncommon gifts, so that he would be a steward of death and old age for himself. Aitolos was his son; and in turn Kalydon was his son, and spearman Pleuron similar to the immortal gods, [65] who [……] begot Agenor as his son; (Transl. E. Bianchelli)
♠ ApB 1.7.5 – Apollodoros, Bibliotheke (Library)
Calyce and Aethlius had a son Endymion who led Aeolians from Thessaly and founded Elis. But some say that he was a son of Zeus. Greek Text
♠ Hesiod, Ehoiai (Catalogue of Women) fr 22 MW – Fragmenta Hesiodea, p. 12, ed. R. Merkelbach and M. L. West. Oxford 1967.
[…..]
[…..]
…..] she similar
…..] of godlike Agenor
[5] Demodike whom most of the men on hearth
courted, and they promised many excellent gifts
mighty kings, in pursuit of her boundless beauty.
But at no time did they ever win over the spirit in her breast.
…..] to be called near the marriage-bed (Transl. E. Bianchelli)
♠ Hesiod, Ehoiai (Catalogue of Women) fr 10a.50 MW – Hesiodi Theogonia, Opera et Dies, Scutum, p. 228, ed. Solmsen. 3d ed. Oxford 1990.
whom Porthaon, son of the son of Peuron (i.e. Agenor), possessed (Transl. E. Bianchelli)
♠ ApB 1.7.7 – Apollodoros, Bibliotheke (Library)
And Agenor, son of Pleuron, married Epicaste, daughter of Calydon, and begat Porthaon and Demonice. Greek Text
♠ Hesiod, Ehoiai (Catalogue of Women) fr 22 MW
See above
♠ ApB 1.7.7 – Apollodoros, Bibliotheke (Library)
and Demonice, who had Evenus, Molus, Pylus, and Thestius by Ares. Greek Text
♠ Il 9.557 – Homer, Iliad
Marpessa of the fair ankles, child of Evenus, and of Idas that was mightiest of men that were then upon the face of earth; who also took his bow to face the king [560] Phoebus Apollo for the sake of the fair-ankled maid. Greek Text
♠ Simonides 563 PMG – Poetae Melici Graeci, p. 291, ed. D. L. Page. Oxford 1962.
♠ Bakchylides fr 20A SM – Bacchylidis Carmina cum fragmentis, pp. 93-96, ed. B. Snell and H. Maehler. Leipzig 1970.
♠ Scholion bT at Homer, Iliad 9.557 – Scholia Graeca in Homeri Iliadem 3, pp. 411-12, ed. W. Dindorf and E. Maass. Oxford 1875.
♠ Hesiod, Ehoiai (Catalogue of Women) fr 26 MW – Fragmenta Hesiodea, pp. 16-18, ed. R. Merkelbach and M. L. West. Oxford 1967.
♠ ApB 1.7.10 – Apollodoros, Bibliotheke (Library)
Thestius had daughters and sons by Eurythemis, daughter of Cleoboea: the daughters were Althaea, Leda, Hypermnestra, and the males were Iphiclus, Evippus, Plexippus, and Eurypylus. Greek Text
♠ Hesiod, Ehoiai (Catalogue of Women) fr 25 – Fragmenta Hesiodea, p. 15-16, ed. R. Merkelbach and M. L. West. Oxford 1967.
♠ Asios fr 6 PEG – Poetae Epici Graeci 1, p. 128, ed. A. Bernabé. Leipzig 1987.
Pausanias 13.13.8 The children of Tyndareos were discendents of Pleuron on their mother’s side; in fact Asios in his poem says that Leda’s father was the son of Agenor who was the son of Pleuron. (Transl. E. Bianchelli)
♠ Pherekydes 3F9 FGrH – Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker 1, p. 61, ed. F. Jacoby, 2d ed. Leiden 1957.
Schol. Apoll. Rhod. I 1212: Pherekydes says that in Book 2 Leda and Althaia are born to Thestios by Laophonte, daughter of Pleuron. (Transl. E. Bianchelli) Greek Text
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Edited by Elena Bianchelli, Retired Senior Lecturer of Classical Languages and Culture, Univ. of Georgia, February 2022
