Panthous
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
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Panthu Proper-name noun: masculine vocative singular of Panthous
- the nephew of Hecuba and father of Euphorbus: Panthus Othryades, Verg. A. 2, 319: Panthous, Hyg. Fab. 115. —In voc. Panthu, Verg. A. 2, 322.—Hence,
- II Panthŏĭdĕs, ae, m., the son of Panthous, Euphorbus. Pythagoras maintained that his soul animated the body of Euphorbus at the time of the Trojan war, and for this reason he was called Panthoi des: Panthoides Euphorbus eram, Ov. M. 15, 161: habentque Tartara Panthoiden iterum Orco Demissum, Hor. C. 1, 28, 10.
(Πάνθοος), one of the elders at Troy, was married to Phrontis, and the father of Euphorbus, Polydamas, and Hyperenor. (Hom. Il. 3.146, 14.450, 17.24, 40, 81.) Virgil (Aen. 2.319) makes him a son of Othrys, and a priest of Apollo, a dignity to which, according to Servius on this passage, he was raised by Priam; originally he was a Delphian, and had been carried to Troy by Antenor, on account of his beauty. (Comp. Lucian. Gall. 17.) [L.S]
(Πάνθοος) and Panthūs (Πάνθους). One of the Trojan elders. By his wife, Phrontis, he was the father of Euphorbus, Polydamas, and Hyperenor, who are therefore called Panthoides. Panthoüs was originally a priest of Apollo at Delphi, and was brought to Troy by Antenor , who was captivated by his beauty (Iliad, iii. 146; xiv. 450; xvii. 24, 40, 81; Verg. Aen. ii. 319).