Thoön (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Thoön (Ancient Greek: Θόων Thóōn)[1] is a name that refers to:
- Thoon, one of the Gigantes (also called Thoas), who, together with Agrios, was clubbed to death by the Moirai during the Gigantomachy.[2]
- Thoon, one of the Trojans, son of Phaenops and twin brother of Xanthus. He and his brother were killed by Diomedes.[3]
- Thoon, another Trojan, who was killed by Antilochus during the attack on the Achaean wall.[4]
- Thoon, a Lycian ally of the Trojans, who was killed by Odysseus.[5]
- Thoon, one of the Phaeacians, a participant in the games in honor of Odysseus.[6]
- Thoon, one of the warriors in Dionysus' army during his Indian campaign. He was slain by Corymbasus.[7]
- Thoon, son of Icarius of Sparta and Asterodia, daughter of Eurypylus[8]. He was the brother of Amasichus, Phalereus, Pheremmelias, Perilaos and Laodice[9] or Laodamia.[10]
Notes
- ^ Georg Autenrieth, A Homeric Dictionary, s.v. Θόων.
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.6.2
- ^ Homer, Iliad 5.152
- ^ Homer, Iliad 12.140 & 13.545
- ^ Homer, Iliad 11.422
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 8.113
- ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca 28.112
- ^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 15. 16
- ^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 1.275 & 277
- ^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey, 4. 797
References
- Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940-1942. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
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