Pelagon
There are several figures namedPelagon(Ancient Greek:Πελάγων, -ονος) inGreek mythology.
- Pelagon, king ofPhocisand son ofAmphidamas.He gaveCadmusthecowthat was to guide him toBoeotia.[1]
- Pelagon, also calledPelasgus,[2]son of theriver-godAsopusby thenaiadMetope,daughter of the riverLadon.[3]He was brother toIsmenus,Corcyra,Salamis,Aegina,Peirene,Cleone,Thebe,Tanagra,Thespia,Asopis,Sinope,Ornea,Chalcis,[2]Harpina[4]and Ismene.[5]His sisters were abducted by various gods as punishment for their father's deed.[6]
- Pelagon, one of the suitors ofHippodamiabeforePelops.[7]
- Pelagon, one of theCalydonian hunters.[8]
- Pelagon or Pelegon, who is given in theIliadas the father of thePaeonianwarriorAsteropaeus,son of the river-godAxiusandPeriboea,the daughter ofAcessamenus.[9]Presumably this Pelagon was theeponymousfounder ofPelagonia.
- Pelagon, a native ofPyloswho fought underNestorin theTrojan War.[10]
- Pelagon, an "illustrious" companion of the heroSarpedonduring theTrojan War,who removesTlepolemus' spear from Sarpedon's thigh.[11]
Notes
[edit]- ^Apollodorus,3.4.1;Pausanias,9.12.1;ScholiaonEuripides,Phoenician Women638
- ^abDiodorus Siculus,4.72.1
- ^Apollodorus,3.12.6
- ^Diodorus Siculus,4.73.1
- ^Apollodorus,2.1.3
- ^Diodorus Siculus,4.61.1&4.72.1;Apollodorus,1.9.3,2.1.3&3.12.6
- ^Pausanias,6.21.11
- ^Ovid,Metamorphoses8.360
- ^Homer,Iliad21.142
- ^Homer,Iliad4.295
- ^Homer,Iliad5.695; scholia on this line inform that he was also referred to as "Selagon"
References
[edit]- Apollodorus,The Librarywith 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.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website.
- Diodorus Siculus,The Library of Historytranslated byCharles Henry Oldfather.Twelve volumes.Loeb Classical Library.Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8.Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Diodorus Siculus,Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2.Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pausanias,Description of Greecewith 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.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias,Graeciae Descriptio.3 vols.Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso,Metamorphosestranslated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso,Metamorphoses.Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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