Penthilus (son of Periclymenus)

In Greek mythology, Penthilus (; Ancient Greek: Πένθιλος) was a king of Messenia, son of Periclymenus and father of Borus.Pausanias, 2.18.8. In early accounts, he was the son of Borus and Lysidice instead. Penthilus married Anchirhoe and became the father of Andropompus, father of King Melanthus of Athens.Scholia on Plato, Symposium, 208d, citing Hellanicus

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Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library