In Greek mythology, Mestor (Ancient Greek: Μήστωρ, "adviser, counsellor") was a son of the hero Perseus and Andromeda, and thus one of the Perseid princes of Mycenae. According to the mythographer Apollodorus, by Lysidice, daughter of Pelops and Hippodamia, he fathered Hippothoe. Hippothoe was carried off by the god Poseidon and bore him Taphius, who founded Taphos and gave his people the name Teleboans. Mestor's name is one of four borne by distinct figures in Greek mythology, of whom the Perseid is the most prominent.
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I.Family
Mestor was a son of Perseus and Andromeda, according to the mythographer Apollodorus. He thus belonged to the Perseid line, the dynasty Perseus founded at Mycenae.
By Lysidice, daughter of Hippodamia and Pelops, Mestor sired a daughter, Hippothoe.
II.Mythology
Mestor's chief role in myth lies in his descendants. His daughter Hippothoe was mothered, in turn, of a son by the god Poseidon: she bore him Taphius.
Through Taphius, who is said to have colonized the island of Taphos and named its people the Teleboans, Mestor's line connects the Perseid house of Mycenae to the Taphian-Teleboan dynasty of western Greece.
III.Etymology
The name Mestor derives from Ancient Greek (Μήστωρ) and literally means "adviser" or "counsellor."
IV.Other figures of the name
Mestor was the name of four men in Greek mythology, of whom the son of Perseus is the most prominent. The article on the name treats the others alongside him.
A second Mestor was a son of the king Pterelaus, and thus a great-grandson of the Perseid Mestor.
A third Mestor was a son of the Trojan king Priam. He is mentioned in the Iliad, where he is praised by his father; in the Bibliotheca, Achilles kills him on Mount Ida. According to Dictys Cretensis, he was taken captive by Neoptolemus, who later dressed in Mestor's Phrygian clothes to deceive Acastus.
A fourth Mestor appears in Plato's Critias as the second of the fourth set of twins born of Poseidon and the mortal Cleito, and one of the first princes of Atlantis. His older twin brother was Elasippus, and his other siblings were Atlas and Eumelus, Ampheres and Evaemon, Mneseus and Autochthon, and lastly Azaes and Diaprepes.