Demophon

This article is about the son of Theseus and Phaedra. For the son of Celeus and Metanira, see Demophon of Eleusis.

Demophon
Phyllis and Demophoön by Edward Burne-Jones (1870)
King of Athens
General Information
Species	Human
Sex	Male
Abodes	Athens
Relationships
Parents	Theseus and Phaedra
Grandparents	Aegeus and Aethra (paternal) Minos and Pasiphae (maternal)
Siblings	Acamas and Hippolytus
Spouses	Phyllis Mother of Oxyntes
Children	Oxyntes
Grandchildren	Apheidas and Thymoetes

Demophon (Ancient Greek: Δημοφῶν or Δημοφόων) was a king of Athens and son of Theseus and Phaedra. He fought in the Trojan War and was among those who entered the city in the Trojan Horse. The brothers freed their grandmother, Aethra, who had been captured by the Dioscuri and served Helen as a handmaid for a while, and brought her home.

Mythology

Demophon frees his grandmother. Attic white-ground kylix, 470–460 BC,

Family

Erichthonid Genealogy in Greek mythology

Hḗphaistos                           Erichthonius   Praxithea                                       Pandion I   Zeuxippe                                                                                   Echenais   Erectheus                   Cecrops II   Telphousa                                                                                     Metion   Iphinome     Orneus   Melaina       Pandion II   Pylia                                                                                                                                       Daedalus     Thronia   Peteus   Aethra   Aegeus       Lycus   Ismenis     Nisos                                                                                               Phrasimede   Menestheus           Theseus   Hippolyta       Iobates   Metope                                                                                             Icarus                           Demophon   Phyllis       Amphianax                                                                                                   Oxyntes   Anchiroe                                                                                                                           Apheidas         Thymoetes

Preceded by: Menestheus

King of Athens Mythic

Succeeded by Oxyntes