Portheus

In Greek mythology, Portheus (Ancient Greek: Πορθέα) may refer to various figures:

• Portheus, an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon either by the naiad Cyllene,^[1] Nonacris^[2] or by unknown woman. He and his brothers were the most nefarious and carefree of all people. To test them, Zeus visited them in the form of a peasant. These brothers mixed the entrails of a child into the god's meal, whereupon the enraged king of the gods threw the meal over the table. Portheus was killed, along with his brothers and their father, by a lightning bolt of the god.^[3]
• Portheus, also known as Porthaon, a Calydonian king and father of Oeneus.^[4]
• Portheus, father of Echion, one of the Achaeans who fought at the Trojan War.^[5]