[2] Pandareus was said to have been favored by Demeter, who conferred upon him the benefit of never suffering from indigestion, however much food he should eat.
[4] A Byzantine scholar, Eustathius of Thessalonica, writes that Pandareus and Tantalus attempted to steal a mechanic dog, crafted by Hephaestus himself, that was placed in a temple of Zeus in Crete.
[5] Pandareus was the father of Aëdon (wife of Zethus), Chelidon, Cleothera and Merope;[6] according to Pausanias, the last two were called Cameiro and Clytia.
Pandareus, not suspecting a thing, let Polytechnus take Chelidon, but he proceeded to rape her and force her to serve as a slave for Aëdon.
The two sisters soon escaped and ran back to Pandareus, who had Polytechnus tied, smeared with honey and left to the mercy of flies.