Penthilus (son of Orestes)
Mythological founder of cities and ancestor of Lesbian kings.
Penthilus, son of Orestes and Erigone in Greek mythology, was a founder of cities and the mythical ancestor of the Penthilides dynasty on Lesbos. He fathered sons Echelatus and Damasias, and according to some accounts ruled the Argives with his half-brother Tisamenus.
Quick Facts
- Parents
- Orestes and Erigone
- Grandparents
- Clytemnestra (grandmother)
- Aigisthos (maternal grandfather)
- Agamemnon (paternal grandfather)
- Sons
- Echelatus (also Echelas or Archelaüs) and Damasias (also Damasius)
- Grandson
- Gras (son of Echelatus)
- Descendant dynasty
- Penthilides of Lesbos
- Founded city
- Either on Lesbos or in Thrace
- Alternative tradition
- Led a colony of Aeolians to Thrace
Facts from the source article.
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