Panthous Explained

In Greek mythology, Panthous (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Πάνθοος), son of Othrys, was an elder of Troy,^[1] husband of the "queenly" Phrontis and father of Euphorbus,^[2] Polydamas^[3] and Hyperenor.^[4] Because he was the son of Othrys, he had the patronymic Othryades (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ὀθρυάδης).^[5]

Mythology

Panthous was originally a priest of Apollo at Delphi. When Priam, after Troy had been destroyed by Heracles, sent a son of Antenor to Delphi to inquire whether it was appropriate to build a new citadel on the foundations of the destroyed city, said son of Antenor was charmed by Panthous' beauty and carried him off. Panthous, in accord with Priam' s will, continued to perform his duties as a priest of Apollo at Troy.^[6]

Panthous was credited with killing four Greeks in the Trojan War.^[7] In the Aeneid, Panthous is portrayed lamenting his own and Troy's fate on the night of the city's fall, with his baby grandson in his arms.^[8] He is further killed by one of the Greeks.^[9]

References

• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• 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.
• Maurus Servius Honoratus, In Vergilii carmina comentarii. Servii Grammatici qui feruntur in Vergilii carmina commentarii; recensuerunt Georgius Thilo et Hermannus Hagen. Georgius Thilo. Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1881. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

Notes and References

1. [Homer]
2. Homer, Iliad 17.81
3. Homer, Iliad14.454
4. Homer, Iliad 17.41
5. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0062:entry=othryades-harpers Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Othryades
6. [Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]
7. [Hyginus]
8. [Virgil]
9. Virgil, Aeneid 2.429 - 430