In Greek mythology, Molus (/ˈmoʊləs/; Ancient Greek: Μῶλος Molos means 'toil and moil') was a member of the Aetolian royal family.

Family

edit

Molus was the son of Ares and princess Demonice, daughter of King Agenor of Pleuron. He had three brothers namely: Evenus, Pylus and Thestius.[1] Molus was the father of Moline who mothered the Molionides by Actor of Elis.[2]

Mythology

edit

Molus only appeared in Apollodorus, Bibliotheca where the scholar discussed the descendants of Aeolus, son of Hellen:

And Agenor, son of Pleuron, married Epicaste, daughter of Calydon, and begat Porthaon and Demonice, who had Evenus, Molus, Pylus, and Thestius by Ares.

Notes

edit
  1. ^ Apollodorus, 1.7.7; Brill's New Pauly, s.v. Thestius.
  2. ^ Graves, Robert (2017). The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. p. 537. ISBN 9780241983386.

References

edit