Caucon
In Greek mythology, the name Caucon /ˈkɔːkən, ˈkɔːkɒn/ (Καύκων) may refer to:
- Caucon of Arcadia, a son of Lycaon,[1] ancestral hero and eponym of the Caucones that were believed to have settled in Triphylia.[2] His tomb was shown at Lepreus,[3] with a statue of a man with a lyre standing over it.[4] Other traditions made him son of Poseidon and father of Lepreus by Astydameia.[5]
- Caucon, son of Celaenus and grandson of the autochthon Phlyus, from Eleusis. He was said to have brought the rites of the Great Goddesses from Eleusis to Andania in Messene.[6] Legend had it that he appeared to Epaminondas in a dream, prophesying him success in restoration of the Messenian state;[7] the Messenian allies of Epaminondas offered sacrifices to Caucon.[8]
See also
References
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 8. 1; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 481
- ^ Scholia on Odyssey, 3. 366
- ^ Strabo, Geography, 8. 3. 16, remarking that Caucon might have been the progenitor of the tribe, or might have had the same name by coincidence
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 5. 5. 5
- ^ Athenaeus, Banquet of the Learned, 10. 412b; Aelian, Various Histories, 1. 24
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 4. 1. 5; 4. 2. 6
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2. 4. 6 - 8
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 4. 27. 6
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