She was the wife of Antenor[2] and by him, mother of many sons possibly including, Archelochus, Acamas, Glaucus, Helicaon, Laodocus, Polybus, Agenor, Iphidamas, Coon, Laodamas, Demoleon, Eurymachus and Medon; and a daughter Crino.
[3] The household of Antenor and Theano advocated peace and advised Helen's return to the Greeks.
[5] One story has Theano and Antenor sailing with Aeneas to Italy and founding the city of Padua.
[6] Another story is that she took the Palladium, an image of Athena that had fallen from the sky and supposedly provided Troy its protection, with her.
[7] In Book VI of the Iliad, with Hecuba and the Trojan women, Theano offered a gift and plea to Athena for the life of the city, but was rebuffed.