Thero
Role: mythological figure · First appears: Book 3 · Chapter 19
In Book 3, Chapter 19, Thero is named as the nurse of Ares. By Book 9, Chapter 40, she is described as the daughter of Phylas; after becoming involved with Apollo, she bore Chæron, “tamer of horses.”
Relationship record
Life events
- Thero bore Chæron after becoming involved with Apollo.(Book 9 · Chapter 40)
Book 3 · Chapter 19
- ward: Ares “Theritas gets its name they say from Thero, who was the nurse of Ares.”
Book 9 · Chapter 40
- child: Chæron “who they say was the son of Apollo by Thero the daughter of Phylas.”
- parent: Phylas “who they say was the son of Apollo by Thero the daughter of Phylas.”
- parent: Lipephile “She bare Hippotes in her bower, and lovely Thero bright as the stars, who falling into the arms of Apollo bare mighty Chæron tamer of horses.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.