Editing Scamander (section)

== Family ==
According to [[Hesiod]], Scamander is the son of the [[Titans]] [[Oceanus]] and [[Tethys (mythology)|Tethys]].<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+337&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Scamander 345] & [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+337 366–370]</ref> He is alternately described as a son of [[Zeus]].<ref>[[Philostratus of Lemnos|Philostratus the Elder]]'', [[Imagines (work by Philostratus)|Imagines]]'' 2.8; [[Ptolemaeus Chennus|Ptolemy Hephaestion]], ''New History Book 4'' (summary from [[Photios I of Constantinople|Photius]], [[Bibliotheca (Photius)|''Myriobiblon'']] 190)</ref>

Scamander was the father of [[King Teucer]] whose mother was the [[Naiad|water nymph]] [[Idaea (mother of King Teucer)|Idaea]]. He was also mentioned as the father of [[Glaucia]], lover of [[Deimachus (mythology)|Deimachus]]. Additionally, Xanthus was credited to be the father of [[Eurythemista]] who bore [[Pelops]] and [[Niobe]] to [[Tantalus]].<ref>[[Scholia]] ad [[Euripides]], ''[[Orestes (play)|Orestes]]'' [https://archive.org/details/scholiaineuripi00schwgoog/page/97/mode/1up?view=theater 11]</ref> [[Strymo (mythology)|Strymo]] or [[Rhoeo (mythology)|Rhoeo]], wife of [[Laomedon]], king of [[Troy]] was also called his daughter.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.12.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Scamander 3.12.3]</ref> Lastly, he also became the father of the priest [[Melus (mythology)|Melus]] by an unknown woman or nymph.<ref>[[Ptolemaeus Chennus]] 6.17, as epitomized by [[Photios I of Constantinople|Photios I]] ''[[Bibliotheca (Photius)|Myriobiblon]]'' 190</ref>