In Greek mythology, Thoas (; Ancient Greek: Θόας),") a king of Aetolia, was the son of Andraemon and Gorge, and one of the heroes who fought for the Greeks in the Trojan War. Thoas had a son Haemon, and an unnamed daughter. In the Iliad Thoas is the leader of the forty-ship Aetoilian contingent at Troy. He is mentioned several times in the Iliad, where he is described as excelling both in fighting and in speaking. Other sources list Thoas as one of the suitors of Helen, and as one of the warriors hidden inside the Wooden Horse. He was one of the few Greeks to return home safely after the war. Family Thoas's father was Andraemon, whose birth and origin are unknown. Andraemon married Gorge, the daughter of Oeneus, who was the king of Calydon, an ancient Aetolian city-state, and the father of the heroes Tydeus (one of the Seven against Thebes) and Meleager (the host of the Calydonian boar hunt, and one of the Argonauts), and grandfather of the Trojan War hero Diomedes. An aged Oeneus lost his kingdom to the sons of his brother Agrius. But his grandson Diomedes was able to reclaim the kingdom, and install Oeneus's son-in-law Andraemon as the king of Calydon. Thoas had a son Haemon, and an unnamed daughter. Haemon was the father of Oxylus, who guided the Heracleidae in their invasion of the Peloponnese, and as reward for this, Oxylus was given the throne of Elis. Thoas' daughter married Odysseus, by whom she had a son Leontophonus (Lion Slayer). The Trojan War By the time of the Trojan War, Thoas had apparently succeeded his father Andraemon to the Calydonian throne. The Iliad describes him as ruling Calydon and the nearby city of Pleuron, where, it says, he was "honoured ... even as a god". According to the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women, Thoas was one of the suitors of Helen. So he had, as had all the suitors, sworn an oath which obligated him to go to war with Troy to return Helen to her husband Menelaus. According to the Iliad Catalogue of Ships, because Oeneus, his sons, and his grandson Meleager were all dead, Thoas led the forty-ship Aetoilian contingent fighting at Troy. In the Iliad In the Iliad, though only a minor leader, with neither individual character, nor particular achievements, Thoas is nevertheless well respected, with several occasional mentions. He