Pandion (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Pandion (/pænˈdaɪɒn/; Ancient Greek: Πανδίων means "all-divine") 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 Phaistos in Crete, was father of Lamprus.[6]
- Pandion, an Achaean warrior who carried the bow of Teucer during the Trojan War.[7]
- Pandion, father of a certain Helen who consorted with Zeus and bore him a son, Musaeus.[8]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.14.6
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.15.5
- ^ Pausanias, 1.5.3–5 & 10.10.1
- ^ Apollodorus, 2.1.5
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.15.3
- ^ Antoninus Liberalis, 17 as cited in Nicander's Metamorphoses
- ^ Homer, Iliad 12.372
- ^ Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10.21-23
References[edit]
- Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- 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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- 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. ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- 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. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions from Ante-Nicene Library Volume 8, translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. Online version at theio.com
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