In Greek mythology, Pandorus (Greek: Πάνδωρος) was an Athenian prince, a son of King Erechtheus of Athens and Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus and Diogeneia. His siblings included Cecrops, Metion, and Pandion's other descendants, alongside sisters such as Procris, Creusa, Oreithyia, and Chthonia. After leaving Attica, Pandorus is said to have founded the city of Chalcis on the island of Euboea. The name Pandorus is shared by another mythological figure, a son of Zeus and Pandora, daughter of Deucalion.
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I.Overview
In Greek mythology, Pandorus (Greek: Πάνδωρος) is a name borne by more than one figure. The most notable is an Athenian prince, the son of King Erechtheus of Athens. A second, lesser-attested Pandorus is named as a son of Zeus.
II.Pandorus, son of Erechtheus
Pandorus was an Athenian prince, the son of King Erechtheus of Athens and Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus and Diogeneia. He was the brother of Metion, Cecrops, Protogeneia, Pandora, Procris, Creusa, Oreithyia, and Chthonia.
Pandorus' possible additional siblings, named in various sources, were Orneus, Thespius, Eupalamus, Sicyon, and Merope.
After leaving Attica, Pandorus founded the city of Chalcis in Euboea.
III.Pandorus, son of Zeus
A different Pandorus is named as the son of Zeus and Pandora, daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha. He was the brother of Melera, and possibly of Graecus and Latinus.
IV.Attestations
The Athenian Pandorus and his foundation of Chalcis are attested by Pseudo-Scymnus in the Circuit of the Earth. His parentage and siblings are recorded by Pseudo-Apollodorus in the Bibliotheca, by the Suda, and by Pausanias, Plutarch, Diodorus Siculus, and Stephanus of Byzantium for the various possible siblings.
The Pandorus descended from Zeus and Pandora is mentioned in the Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions, with related genealogical notices in Hesiod's Catalogue of Women and the De Mensibus of Ioannes Lydus.