Pandorus Explained

In Greek mythology, Pandorus (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Πάνδωρος) may refer to the following personages:

• Pandorus, son of Zeus and Pandora, daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha. He was the brother of Melera,^[1] and possibly Graecus^[2] and Latinus.^[3]
• Pandorus, an Athenian prince as the son of King Erechtheus of Athens^[4] and Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus and Diogeneia. He was the brother of Metion, Cecrops,^[5] Protogeneia, Pandora, Procris, Creusa, Oreithyia and Chthonia.^[6] Pandorus' possible siblings were Orneus,^[7] Thespius,^[8] Eupalamus,^[9] Sicyon^[10] and Merope.^[11] After leaving Attica, he founded the city of Chalcis in Euboea.

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.
• 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. 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. 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. Online version at theio.com
• Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, Lives with an English Translation by Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. 1. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• 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.
• Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions from Ante-Nicene Library Volume 8, translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. 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. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• 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. Online version at the Topos Text Project.

Notes and References

1. [Clement of Alexandria]
2. [Hesiod]
3. [John the Lydian|Ioannes Lydus]
4. [Pseudo-Scymnus|Pseudo-Scymnos]
5. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
6. [Suda|Suida]
7. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
8. [Diodorus Siculus]
9. Diodorus Siculus, 4.76.1
10. Pausanias, 2.6.5, citing Hesiod (Ehoiai fr. 224) for Erechtheus
11. Plutarch, Theseus 19.5