Save Gender Masculine Usage Greek Mythology Scripts Παρθάων(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. /par.tʰǎː.ɔːn/(Attic Greek) /par.ˈθa.on/(Koine Greek, Byzantine Greek) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Possibly related to Greek πέρθω (pertho) meaning "to destroy". This was the name of a Calydonian king, father to Oeneus and Agrius.