< Pleuron, son of Aetolus >

1 Origin

Pleuron was born in Elis, Eleia, in 1325 BC.

Pleuron's father was Aetolus, son of Endymion. [Apo.1.7.7]

Pleuron's mother was Pronoe, daughter of Phorbus. [Apo.1.7.7]

2 Family

Pleuron married Xanthippe, daughter of Dorus, who was taken prisoner in a battle between Aetolus and the natives. [Apo.1.7.7]

Pleuron also had a wife named Demonice. [FGrH.Nr4.F119]

Pleuron had a son, Thestius. [FGrH.Nr4.F119]

Pleuron had a son, Agenor. [Apo.1.7.7, Paus.3.13.8]

Pleuron had a son, Daipylus (or Pylus). [Apo.1.7.7, Bacchy.5.140]

Pleuron had a son, Molus. [Apo.1.7.7]

Pleuron had a son, Evenus. [Apo.1.7.7]

Pleuron had daughters, Laophonte, Stratonice, and Sterope. [Apo.1.7.7]

3 Other

3.1 Emigration to Aetolia

In 1320 BC, Pleuron migrated from Elis in Eleia to Aetolia accompanied by his father Aetolus. [Apo.1.7.6, Paus.5.1.8, Strabo.8.3.33]

Pleuron lived in Pleuron, which his father Aetolus founded. [Apo.1.7.7]

3.2 Marriage to Perimede

Apollodoros reports that Perimede, daughter of Aeolus, who lived in Thessaly, married Achelous and had a son, Hippodamas. [Apo.1.7.3]

This Achelous is thought to be the river god of the Achelous, which flows between Aetolia and Acarnania.

Apollodoros further reports that Euryte, the daughter of Hippodamas, married Porthaon, the son of Agenor, the son of Pleuron. [Apo.1.7.10]

In other words, it is assumed that Perimede married a powerful man who lived in Pleuron, near the Achelous River, from Thessaly.

In the time of Euryte's father Hippodamas' father, Pleuron, the father of Agenor, the father of Porthaon, ruled Pleuron.

Therefore, it is assumed that Perimede's husband was Pleuron, the son of Aetolus.

3.2.1 Support for the presumption

Marriage to Aetolia, far from Thessaly, was possible due to kinship.

Pleuron's father Aetolus married Pronoe, daughter of Phorbus, son of Lapithus, from Thessaly. [Apo.1.7.7]

Perimede was the daughter of Aeolus, son of Lapithus, and Pronoe was her cousin. [Apo.1.7.3]

In other words, Perimede married Pleuron, son of her cousin Pronoe.

3.2.2 Children of Perimede

Perimede had two sons, Hippodamas and Orestes. [Apo.1.7.3]

Hippodamas' daughter Euryte married Porthaon, son of Agenor, son of Pleuron. [Apo.1.7.10]