Borus Explained

In Greek mythology, the name Borus (Ancient Greek: Βῶρος) may refer to:

• Borus, son of Perieres, who married Polydora, daughter of Peleus and Antigone.^[1]
• Borus, a descendant of Nestor. More precisely, he was either a son of Penthilus and grandson of Periclymenus, or son of Periclymenus and father of Penthilus by Lysidice.^[2] Through Andropompus, his son or grandson, he was the grandfather or great-grandfather of Melanthus who was one of those who expelled Tisamenus from Lacedaemon and Argos.^[3]
• Borus of Maeonia, father of Phaestus; his son was killed by Idomeneus in the Trojan War.^[4]

References

• 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. . Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• 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. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

Notes and References

1. [Homer]
2. [Scholia]
3. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
4. Homer, Iliad 5.44