Medon (mythology)

In Greek mythology and history, Medon (Template:IPAc-en; Template:Langx, gen.: Μέδοντος means "lord' or "ruler") is the name of a number of different figures:

• Medon, one of the Tyrrhenian pirates who attempted to enslave Dionysus and were changed into fish or dolphin.<ref>Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.671; Hyginus, Fabulae 134</ref>
• Medon, a centaur at the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia.<ref>Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.303</ref>
• Medon, one of the Dolionians, who was killed by the Argonauts.<ref>Valerius Flaccus, 3.118</ref>
• Medon, son of Eteoclus and accordingly a participant in the war of the Epigoni.<ref>Scholia on Homer, Iliad 4.406</ref>
• Medon, the son of Pylades and Electra and brother of Strophius.<ref>Pausanias, 2.16.7 citing Hellanicus</ref>
• Medon, one of the Achaean Leaders and half-brother of Ajax the Lesser. He was the son of Oileus, king of Locris, by Rhene<ref>Homer, Iliad 2.728</ref> or Alcimache.<ref>Scholia on Homer, Iliad 13.694</ref> He lived in Phylace, to where he had to flee after he had killed a relative of his stepmother Eriopis.<ref>Homer, Iliad 13.694–697</ref> In the Trojan War, Medon took over Philoctetes' army after the latter was bitten by a snake and left on Lemnos because the wound festered and smelled bad.<ref>Homer, Iliad 2.720–730</ref> Medon was killed by Aeneas.<ref>Homer, Iliad 15.332</ref>
• Medon, a "cunning craftsman" of Cilla, husband of Iphianassa and father of Metalcas and Zechis, of whom the former was slain in the Trojan War by Neoptolemus, and the latter by Teucer.<ref>Quintus Smyrnaeus, 8.296 & 10.125</ref>
• Medon, son of Antenor<ref name=":12">Virgil, Aeneid 6.484</ref> and Theano, thus brother of Crino,<ref>Pausanias, 10.27.4</ref> Acamas,<ref>Homer, Iliad 2.823, 11.60 & 12.100; Apollodorus, Epitome 3.34</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Agenor,<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Homer, Iliad 11.59, 21.545 & 579</ref> Antheus,<ref>Tzetzes on Lycophron, 134</ref> Archelochus,<ref>Homer, Iliad 2.823, 12.100 & 14.464; Apollodorus, Epitome 3.34</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Coön,<ref>Homer, Iliad 11.248 & 256, 19.53</ref> Demoleon,<ref>Homer, Iliad 20.395</ref> Eurymachus,<ref>Pausanias, 10.27.3</ref> Glaucus,<ref>Virgil, Aeneid 6.484; Apollodorus, Epitome 5.21; Dictys Cretensis, 4.7; Pausanias, 10.27.3</ref> Helicaon,<ref>Homer, Iliad 3.123</ref> Iphidamas,<ref>Homer, Iliad 11.221 & 261; Pausanias, 4.36.4 & 5.19.4</ref> Laodamas,<ref>Homer, Iliad 15.516</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Laodocus,<ref>Homer, Iliad 4.87</ref> Polybus<ref name=":0" /><ref>Homer, Iliad 11.59</ref> and Thersilochus.<ref name=":12" /> Medon was killed by Philoctetes,<ref>Homer, Iliad 17.216; Virgil, Aeneid 6.483; Quintus Smyrnaeus, 11.481</ref> and later Aeneas met him in the Underworld.<ref>Virgil, Aeneid 6.483</ref>
• Medon, the faithful herald of Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey. Following the advice of his son Telemachus, Odysseus spares Medon's life after killing the suitors of Penelope who had been plaguing his halls in his homeland of Ithaca.<ref>Homer, Odyssey 22.355–380</ref> Medon attempts to return the favor by speaking on behalf of his master, claiming that Odysseus' violence was not unwarranted by the gods.<ref>Homer, Odysseys 24.346–354</ref>
• Medon, the "cruel"<ref>Ovid, Heroides 1.91</ref> suitor of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers.<ref>Apollodorus, Epitome 7.26–27</ref> He, with the other suitors, was slain by Odysseus with the aid of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.<ref name=":1">Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33</ref>
• Medon (Μήδων), a son of Ceisus and grandson of Temenus. He was a king of Argos but his powers were limited to the minimum in favor of the people's self-government.<ref>Pausanias, 2.19.2</ref>
• Medon, son of Codrus, was the first archon of Athens. He was lame in one foot, which was why his brother Neileus would not let him rule, but the Delphian oracle bestowed the kingdom upon Medon.<ref>Pausanias, 7.2.1</ref>

See also

• Medon (disambiguation)

References

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