In Greek mythology, Pleuron was a son of Aetolus and Pronoe (daughter of Phorbus) and the brother of Calydon. He married Xanthippe, daughter of Dorus, and became the father of Agenor, Sterope, Stratonice, and Laophonte. He was said to have founded the Aetolian town of Pleuron, of which he was apparently the eponym, and he also had a heroon (hero-shrine) at Sparta, erected by his great-granddaughter, Queen Leda.
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I.Family
In Greek mythology, Pleuron was a son of Aetolus and Pronoe, daughter of Phorbus, and the brother of Calydon.
He married Xanthippe, the daughter of Dorus, and by her fathered a son, Agenor, and three daughters, Sterope, Stratonice, and Laophonte.
II.Eponym and cult
Pleuron was said to have founded the town of Pleuron in Aetolia, and he was apparently regarded as its eponym.
He also had a heroon at Sparta, a hero-shrine erected in his honour by his great-granddaughter, Queen Leda.
III.Family tree
Pleuron stands near the head of the Aetolian royal line. His father Aetolus, married to Pronoe, was the father of both Pleuron and Calydon, the two eponyms of Aetolia's chief towns.
Through his son Agenor the line continued: Agenor (by Epicaste) was father of Porthaon, who in turn was father of Oeneus, the king of Calydon. Oeneus (by Althaea) was the father of Meleager and Deianira among others, placing Pleuron at the root of the famous Calydonian dynasty.
Through the female line, Pleuron's descendants reached Sparta, where his great-granddaughter Leda became queen and built a hero-shrine in his honour — a connection that ties the Aetolian house to the royal family of Sparta.