Pandion (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Pandion (/ˈpændiən/ or /ˈpændiɒn/; Ancient Greek: Πανδίων) may refer to the following characters:
- Pandion I, a legendary king of Athens, father of the sisters Procne and Philomela.[1]
- Pandion II, a legendary king of Athens, father of the brothers Aegeus, Pallas, Nisos and Lycus.[2]
- Pandion (hero), the eponymous hero of the Attic tribe Pandionis, usually assumed to be one of the legendary Athenian kings Pandion I or Pandion II.[3]
- Pandion, an Egyptian prince as son of Aegyptus and Hephaestine. He married Callidice, daughter of Danaus who killed him during their wedding night.[4]
- Pandion, son of Phineus and Cleopatra, brother of Plexippus. He and his brother were blinded by Phineus at the instigation of their stepmother Idaea.[5]
- Pandion, from Phaestus in Crete, was father of Lamprus.[6]
- Pandion, an Achaean warrior who carried the bow of Teucer during the Trojan War.[7]
References
- ^ Smith, "Pandion"; Apollodorus, 3.14.6; Hyginus, Fabulae 48.
- ^ Harding, pp. 48–50; Gantz, pp. 247–248; Smith, "Pandion 5."; Herodotus 1.173, 7.92; Apollodorus, 3.15.5; Strabo, 9.6.1; Pausanias, 1.5.3, 4.1.6 ff., 4.2.6.
- ^ Pausanias, 1.5.3–5, 10.10.1.
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 2.1.5
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 15. 3
- ^ Antoninus Liberalis. Metamorphoses, 17
- ^ Homer. Iliad, 12.372
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