Ptous

First appears: Book 9 · Chapter 23

In Book 9, Chapter 23, Ptous is named as the son of Athamas and Themisto. The same account says that Apollo and the Mountain got their names from Ptous, according to the poet Asius.

Relationship record

Book 9 · Chapter 23

• parent: Athamas (father of Ptous) (Athamas is Ptous's father.) “Ptous was the son of Athamas and Themisto, and from him both Apollo and the Mountain got their name according to the poet Asius.”
• parent: Themisto (Themisto is Ptous's mother.) “Ptous was the son of Athamas and Themisto, and from him both Apollo and the Mountain got their name according to the poet Asius.”
• with Apollo (Apollo received the name Ptoan from Ptous.) “Ptous was the son of Athamas and Themisto, and from him both Apollo and the Mountain got their name according to the poet Asius.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.