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[10]
Thestius had daughters and sons by Eurythemis, daughter of Cleoboea: the daughters were Althaea, Leda,¹ Hypermnestra, and the males were Iphiclus, Evippus, Plexippus, and Eurypylus.
Porthaon and Euryte, daughter of Hippodamas, had sons, Oeneus, Agrius, Alcathous, Melas, Leucopeus, and a daughter Sterope, who is said to have been the mother of the Sirens by Achelous.

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[10] Θεστίῳ δὲ ἐξ Εὐρυθέμιδος τῆς Κλεοβοίας ἐγένοντο θυγατέρες μὲν Ἀλθαία Λήδα Ὑπερμνήστρα, ἄρρενες δὲ Ἴφικλος Εὔιππος Πλήξιππος Εὐρύπυλος.

Πορθάονος δὲ καὶ Εὐρύτης τῆς Ἱπποδάμαντος ἐγένοντο παῖδες Οἰνεὺς Ἄγριος Ἀλκάθοος Μέλας Λευκωπεύς, θυγάτηρ δὲ Στερόπη, ἐξ ἧς καὶ Ἀχελῴου Σειρῆνας γενέσθαι λέγουσιν.

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1. Paus. 3.13.8 agrees with Apollodorus in saying that Leda was the daughter of Thestius, who was a son of Agenor, who was a son of Pleuron; and he cites the epic poem of Areus as his authority for the genealogy.

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