Greek Mythology

Prothous

Family: Calydon · Role: son of Agrius · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.8

Apollodorus, Library 1.8

  • parent: Agrius “the sons of Agrius, to wit, Thersites, Onchestus, Prothous, Celeutor, Lycopeus, Melanippus”
  • enemies with Oeneus “wrested the kingdom from Oeneus and gave it to their father, and more than that they imprisoned Oeneus in his lifetime and tormented him.”
  • enemies with Diomedes “Diomedes afterwards came secretly with Alcmaeon from Argos and put to death all the sons of Agrius”

Apollodorus, Library 3.8

  • parent: Lycaon “fifty sons, to wit: Melaeneus, Thesprotus, Helix, Nyctimus, Peucetius, Caucon, Mecisteus, Hopleus, Macareus, Macednus, Horus, Polichus, Acontes, Evaemon, Ancyor, Archebates, Carteron, Aegaeon, Pallas, Eumon, Canethus, Prothous”

Apollodorus, Epitome 3

  • parent: Tenthredon “Of the Magnesians, Prothous, son of Tenthredon: forty ships.”
  • child: Tenthredon “Prothous, son of Tenthredon”

Apollodorus, Epitome 6

  • with Meges (They were shipmates in the wreck.) “Meges and Prothous, with many others, were cast away at Caphereus in Euboea”

Apollodorus, Epitome 7

  • courtship with Penelope “Eteoneus, Clytius, Prothous”
  • admired: Penelope “And from Samethere came twenty—three:— Agelaus, Pisander, Elatus, Ctesippus, Hippodochus, Eurystratus, Archemolus, Ithacus, Pisenor, Hyperenor, Pheroetes, Antisthenes, Cerberus, Perimedes, Cynnus, Thriasus, Eteoneus, Clytius, Prothous, Lycaethus, Eumelus, Itanus, Lyammus.”

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