Chalcodon
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In Greek mythology, the name Chalcodon (Template:Lang-grc, gen.: Χαλκώδοντος) may refer to:
- Chalcodon, the son of Abas and the king of the Abantes.[1] He and Telamon assisted Heracles in his campaign against Elis.[2] While leading his people in an attack on Thebes, Greece he was killed by Amphitryon.[3] His son was Elephenor. He also had several daughters, one of whom, Chalciope, married Aegeas.[4][5]
- Chalcodon of Cos, who wounded Heracles in a battle which arose when the Coans mistook Heracles for a pirate.[6] Also known as Chalcon.[7]
- Chalcodon, a son of Aegyptus, who married and was killed by Rhodia, daughter of Danaus.[8]
- Chalcodon, a suitor of Hippodamia before Pelops, was killed by Oenomaus.[9]
See also
References
- ^ Eustathius on Iliad, 281. 43
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8. 15. 6 - 7
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9. 19. 3
- ^ Scholia on Euripides, Medea, 673
- ^ Athenaeus, Banquet of the Learned, 13. p. 556
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 7. 1
- ^ Theocritus, Idylls, 7. 6
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 1. 5
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 6. 21. 11