Pelagon
There are several figures named Pelagon (Ancient Greek: Πελάγων, gen.: Πελάγονος, lit. 'of the deep sea' or 'man of the open sea'[1]) in Greek mythology.
- Pelagon, king of Phocis and son of Amphidamas. He gave Cadmus the cow that was to guide him to Boeotia.[2]
- Pelagon, also called Pelasgus,[3] son of the river-god Asopus by the naiad Metope, daughter of the river Ladon.[4] He was brother to Ismenus, Corcyra, Salamis, Aegina, Peirene, Cleone, Thebe, Tanagra, Thespia, Asopis, Sinope, Ornea, Chalcis,[3] Harpina[5] and Ismene.[6] His sisters were abducted by various gods as punishment for their father's deed.[7]
- Pelagon, one of the suitors of Hippodamia before Pelops.[8]
- Pelagon, one of the Calydonian hunters.[9]
- Pelagon or Pelegon, who is given in the Iliad as the father of the Paeonian warrior Asteropaeus, son of the river-god Axius and Periboea, the daughter of Acessamenus.[10] Presumably this Pelagon was the eponymous founder of Pelagonia.
- Pelagon, a native of Pylos who fought under Nestor in the Trojan War.[11]
- Pelagon, an "illustrious" companion of the hero Sarpedon during the Trojan War, who removes Tlepolemus's spear from Sarpedon's thigh.[12]
Notes
[edit]- ↑ The name is derived from the Ancient Greek noun pelagos (πέλαγος), which means the "open sea," "high seas," or "deep waters".
- ↑ Apollodorus, 3.4.1; Pausanias, 9.12.1; Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women 638
- 1 2 Diodorus 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, Metamorphoses 8.360
- ↑ Homer, Iliad 21.142
- ↑ Homer, Iliad 4.295
- ↑ Homer, Iliad 5.695; scholia on this line inform that he was also referred to as "Selagon"
References
[edit]- 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles 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 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. 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, Metamorphoses translated 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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