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		This article is about the grandson of Sisyphus who was the king of Corinth. For other mythical figures of this name, see Thoas (mythology).

In Greek mythology, Thoas (Ancient Greek: Θόας, "fleet, swift")[1] was a king of Corinth. 


Contents


	1 Family
	2 Mythology
	3 Notes
	4 References





Family[edit]

Thoas and his brother Phocus, the eponymous founder of Phocis were the sons of Ornytion, who was the son of Sisyphus.[2][3] According to Corinthian tradition, Thoas and his descendants continued to rule Corinth until the coming of the Heraclids.


Mythology[edit]

According to the geographer Pausanias, Thoas remained in Corinth, succeeding his father as its ruler, while his brother Phocus led a colony to Tithorea. Thoas was the father of Damophon, Damophon of Propodas, and Propodas of Doridas and Hyanthidas. During the reign of the latter two, Corinth was seized by the Dorians under the command of Aletes, son of Hippotes. The brothers handed control of Corinth to him and were allowed to remain in the city, while the rest of the people were expelled.[3]


Notes[edit]


	^ LSJ, s.v. Θόας.

	^ Hard, p. 434; Grimal, s.v. Thoas 5; Parada, s.v. 8

	^ a b Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.4.3.





References[edit]

	Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996. ISBN 978-0-631-20102-1.
	Hard, Robin, The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology", Psychology Press, 2004, 
ISBN 9780415186360. Google Books.
	Liddell, Henry George, Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. Revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
	Parada, Carlos, Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology, Jonsered, Paul Åströms Förlag, 1993. 
ISBN 978-91-7081-062-6.
	Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. 
ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
	Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.


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Rulers of Ancient Corinth

	Heleidae	
	Aeëtes
	Bounos
	Epopeus
	Corinthus
	Polybus
	Creon
	Jason




	Sisyphidae	
	Sisyphus
	Glaucus
	Bellerophon
	Ornytion
	Thoas
	Damophon
	Propodas



	two kings at the same time	
	Doridas and Hyanthidas








	Heracleidae	
	Aletidae	
	Aletes
	Ixion
	Agelas I
	Prymnes




	Bacchiadae	
	Bacchis
	Agelas II
	Eudaemus
	Aristomedes
	Agemon
	Alexander
	Telestes
	Automenes
	Pritanius







	Cypselid tyrants	
	Cypselus I
	Periander
	Psammetichus (Cypselus II)







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