The household ofAntenor and Theano advocated for peace and advisedHelen's return to the Greeks. Because of their support— which some claimed was treason— the Greeks spared their household when they sacked the city.[4][5] In Book VI of theIliad, alongsideHecuba and other Trojan women, Theano offered a gift and plea to Athena for the survival of the city, but was rebuffed.[6]
After the sack of Troy, one story has Theano and Antenor sailing withAeneas to Italy and founding the city ofPadua.[7] Another story has her taking thePalladium, an image of Athena that had fallen from the sky and supposedly provided Troy its protection, with her.[8]
^Apollodorus,Epitome3.34 ff seeGreek version: "Ἀρχέλοχος καὶ Ἀκάμας Ἀντήνορος καὶ Θεανοῦς, Δαρδανίων ἡγούμενοι" is translated as "Archelochus and Acamas, sons of Antenor and Theano, leaders of the Dardanians"
Pausanias,Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library