# Boethous

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In [Greek mythology](/source/Greek_mythology), **Boethous** (Ancient Greek: βοηθόος, *Boethoos*) or **Boethos** (βοηθὸς, βοηθός or βόηθος) was the [Lacedaemonian](/source/Sparta) son of the [Pelopid](/source/Pelops) [Argeios](/source/Argeus_(Greek_myth)) from [Pisa](/source/Pisa,_Greece) and princess [Hegesandra](/source/Hegesandra), daughter of King [Amyclas](/source/Amyclas_of_Sparta) of [Sparta](/source/Sparta).[1]

## Family

Boethoos was the brother of [Melanion](/source/Melanion_(mythology)) and [Alector](/source/Alector).[2] He was the father of [Eteoneus](/source/Eteoneus),[3] the man who helped [Odysseus](/source/Odysseus) to return home to [Ithaca](/source/Ithaca_(island)).

## References

1. [Scholia](/source/Scholia) ad [Homer](/source/Homer), *[Odyssey](/source/Odyssey)* [4.10](https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain07dindgoog/page/170/mode/1up?view=theater) & [22](https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain07dindgoog/page/173/mode/1up?view=theater); [Pherecydes](/source/Pherecydes_of_Athens), fr. 132 [=[Fowler](/source/Robert_Fowler_(academic)) (2013), vol. 1, p. 345 & vol. 2, p. 438]

1. Pherecydes, fr. 132 [=Fowler (2013), vol. 1, p. 345 & vol. 2, p. 438] listed the three siblings while in Scholia ad Homer, *Odyssey* [4.22](https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain07dindgoog/page/173/mode/1up?view=theater) mentioned only Alector as his brother

1. Homer, *Odyssey* 4.31 & 15.95

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