Tags: Mythological Figure.
In Greek mythology Ptous (Πτῶος) was the eponym of Mount Ptous in Boeotia on which the town Acraephnium was situated. He was believed to have been a son of either Athamas and Themisto or of Acraepheus and Euxippe or of Apollo and Zeuxippe a daughter of Athamas.Ptous was also an epithet of Apollo under which the god was honored in a temple near Acraephnium. The epithet was believed to be linked to the name of the above Ptous as well.