Borus

In Greek mythology, the name Borus (Βῶρος) may refer to:

• Borus, son of Perieres, who married Polydora, daughter of Peleus and Antigone.^[1][2]
• 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.^[3] Melanthus, his grandson through Andropompus, was one of those who expelled Tisamenus from Lacedaemon and Argos.^[4]
• Borus of Maeonia, father of Phaestus; his son was killed by Idomeneus in the Trojan War.^[5]

References

1. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 13. 1
2. Homer, Iliad, 16. 177
3. Scholia on Plato, p. 376 for the latter version
4. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2. 18. 8
5. Homer, Iliad, 5. 44