Boethous
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In Greek mythology, Boethous (Ancient Greek: βοηθόος, romanized: Boethoos) or Boethos (βοηθὸς, βοηθός or βόηθος) was the Lacedaemonian son of the Pelopid Argeios from Pisa and princess Hegesandra, daughter of King Amyclas of Sparta.[1]
Family
[edit]Boethoos was the brother of Melanion and Alector.[2] He was the father of Eteoneus,[3] the man who helped Odysseus to return home to Ithaca.
References
[edit]- ^ Scholia ad Homer, Odyssey 4.10 & 22; Pherecydes, fr. 132 [=Fowler (2013), vol. 1, p. 345 & vol. 2, p. 438]
- ^ Pherecydes, fr. 132 [=Fowler (2013), vol. 1, p. 345 & vol. 2, p. 438] listed the three siblings while in Scholia ad Homer, Odyssey 4.22 mentioned only Alector as his brother
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 4.31 & 15.95
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