Demophon

Quartigod son of Theseus by Phaedra; brother of Acamas. Trojan War veteran. King of Athens after Menestheus. Received the Heraclidae per Euripides' Heraclidae — the canonical foundation of the Athenian-Heraclidae solidarity-tradition that grounded the historical Spartan-Athenian early diplomacy. The Phyllis-Thracian-suicide cycle (Apollod. Epit. 6.16-17; Lucian De Salt. 40) is the canonical aetiology for the almond-tree blossoming.

Parentage

• Theseus
• Phaedra

Powers

• Rescued his grandmother Aethra from captivity at Troy
• Hid among the warriors inside the Wooden Horse

Relations

• father: Theseus
• sibling: Acamas
• half sibling: Hippolytus
• half sibling: Melanippus

Sources

• Apollodorus, Epitome 1.18, 6.15-17; Euripides, Heraclidae passim; Pausanias 1.32.6, 10.25.7-8; Quintus Smyrnaeus 13.497-504; Plutarch, Theseus 28; Lucian, De Saltatione 40; Servius on Vergil Eclogues 5.10
• Apollod. Epit. 1.18