Pandion (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Pandion (/pænˈdaɪɒn/; Ancient Greek: Πανδίων, romanized: Pandíōn, lit. 'all-divine') may refer to the following characters:
- Pandion I, a legendary king of Athens, father of Erechtheus, Butes, Procne and Philomela.[1] Sometimes also said to be the father of Chelidon as well.[2]
- Pandion II, a legendary king of Athens, father of the brothers Aegeus, Pallas, Nisos and Lycus.[3]
- 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.[4]
- Pandion, the father of Chelidon, interpreted by some scholars to be a separate figure from King Pandion I and perhaps a doublet of Pandareus, Chelidon's father in other versions.[5][6]
- Pandion, an Egyptian prince as son of Aegyptus and Hephaestine. He married Callidice, daughter of Danaus who killed him during their wedding night.[7]
- Pandion, son of Phineus and Cleopatra, brother of Plexippus. He and his brother were blinded by Phineus at the instigation of their stepmother Idaea.[8]
- Pandion, from Phaistos in Crete, was father of Lamprus.[9]
- Pandion, an Achaean warrior who carried the bow of Teucer during the Trojan War.[10]
- Pandion, father of a certain Helen who consorted with Zeus and bore him a son, Musaeus.[11]
Notes
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.14.6
- ^ Forbes Irving 1990, p. 248.
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.15.5
- ^ Pausanias, 1.5.3–5 & 10.10.1
- ^ Coo 2013, p. 354, n. 12.
- ^ March 2000, p. 127.
- ^ 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
- 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.
- Coo, Lyndsay (2013). "A Tale of Two Sisters: Studies in Sophocles' Tereus". Transactions of the American Philological Association. 143 (2). JSTOR 43830266.
- Forbes Irving, Paul M. C. (1990). Metamorphosis in Greek Myths. Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-814730-9.
- 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.
- March, Jenny (2000). "Vases and Tragic Drama". In Rutter, Keith; Sparkes, Brian A. (eds.). Word and Image in Ancient Greece. Edinburgh, UK: University of Edinburgh. ISBN 9780748679850.
- 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