In Greek mythology, Panthous (), son of Othrys, was an elder of Troy,Homer, Iliad 3.146 husband of the "queenly" Phrontis and father of Euphorbus,Homer, Iliad 17.81 PolydamasHomer, Iliad14.454 and Hyperenor.Homer, Iliad 17.41 Alternatively, his wife was sometimes said to be Pronome, a daughter of Clytius, Priam's brother.D Scholia on the Iliad, 12.231
Because he was the son of Othrys, he had the patronymic Othryades ().Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Othryades
Mythology Panthous was originally a priest of Apollo at Delphi. When Priam, after Troy had been destroyed by Heracles, sent a son of Antenor to Delphi to inquire whether it was appropriate to build a new citadel on the foundations of the destroyed city, said son of Antenor was charmed by Panthous' beauty and carried him off. Panthous, in accord with Priam' s will, continued to perform his duties as a priest of Apollo at Troy.Servius, Commentary on Virgil's Aeneid 2.318
Panthous was credited with killing four Greeks in the Trojan War.Hyginus, Fabulae 115 In the Aeneid, Panthous is portrayed lamenting his own and Troy's fate on the night of the city's fall, with his baby grandson in his arms.Virgil, Aeneid 2.317 ff. He is further killed by one of the Greeks.Virgil, Aeneid 2.429 - 430
Alongside the other Trojan elders, there was a statue of him in Thebes, Egypt.Greek Anthology, 2.1c
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