In
Greek mythology
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, the name Borus (
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: Βῶρος) may refer to:
*Borus, son of
Perieres, who married
Polydora, daughter of
Peleus and
Antigone.
*Borus, a descendant of
Nestor. More precisely, he was either a son of
Penthilus and grandson of
Periclymenus, or son of Periclymenus and father of Penthilus by
Lysidice. Through Andropompus, his son or grandson, he was the grandfather or great-grandfather of
Melanthus who was one of those who expelled
Tisamenus from
Lacedaemon and
Argos.
*Borus of
Maeonia, father of Phaestus; his son was killed by
Idomeneus in the
Trojan War.
[Homer, ''Iliad'' 5.44]
Notes
References
*
Apollodorus, ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website
* Homer, ''The Iliad'' with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
*Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
* Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
*Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
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