Molus (son of Ares) explained

In Greek mythology, Molus (/ˈmoʊləs/; Ancient Greek: Μῶλος Molos means 'toil and moil') was a member of the Aetolian royal family.

Family

Molus was the son of Ares and princess Demonice, daughter of King Agenor of Pleuron. He had three brothers namely: Evenus, Pylus and Thestius.^[1] Molus was the father of Moline who mothered the Molionides by Actor of Elis.^[2]

Mythology

Molus only appeared in Apollodorus, Bibliotheca where the scholar discussed the descendants of Aeolus, son of Hellen:

And Agenor, son of Pleuron, married Epicaste, daughter of Calydon, and begat Porthaon and Demonice, who had Evenus, Molus, Pylus, and Thestius by Ares.

Notes

1. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
2. Book: [[Robert Graves|Graves, Robert]]. The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. 2017. 9780241983386. 537.

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.
• Brill’s New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World. Antiquity, Volume 14, Sym-Tub, editors: Hubert Cancik, Helmuth Schneider, Brill, 2009. . Online version at Brill.
• Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. 2017.