Thestius

In Greek mythology, Thestius (Ancient Greek: Θέστιος) was the son of either Ares and Demonice,Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 7. 7 or Agenor (son of Pleuron son of Aetolus) and Epicasta.Pausanias, Description of Greece, 3. 13. 8 He was the father of Iphicles with Leucippe,Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae, 14 or Deidameia, daughter of Perieres,Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 201 or else with Eurythemis, daughter of Cleoboea and mother of his other children, Althaea, Eurypylus, Evippus, Hypermnestra, Leda, Toxeus and Plexippus.Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 7. 10 In one source though, the mother of Althaea and Leda is Laophonte, daughter of Pleuron.Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 146
Thestius was allied with Tyndareus and Icarius against Hippocoon.Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 10. 5
He is not to be confused with Thespius, who was sometimes referred to as "Thestius".Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9. 27. 7
The patronymic "Thestias" may refer to one of his daughters, Leda or Althaea,Aeschylus, Libation-Bearers, 606Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, 49 and "Thestiades" to his son Iphicles.Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 261
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==External links==
*Myth Index - Thestius
Category:Greek Mythology