Editing Electryon

{{Short description|Mythological king of Tiryns and Mycenae}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Electryon
| spouse              = [[Anaxo (daughter of Alcaeus)|Anaxo]] or [[Eurydice of Mycenae|Eurydice]]
| children            = [[Alcmene|Alcmena]] [[Stratobates]] [[Gorgophonus]] [[Phylonomus]] [[Celaeneus]] [[Amphimachus]] [[Lysinomus]] [[Chirimachus]] [[Anactor]] [[Archelaus (mythology)|Archelaus]] [[Licymnius]]
| father              = [[Perseus]]
| mother              = [[Andromeda (mythology)|Andromeda]]
}}
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Electryon''' ({{IPAc-en|ᵻ|ˈ|l|ɛ|k|t|r|i|ə|n}};<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/classicalmytholo0000morf_p6e2/page/830/mode/2up |page=I-24 |title=Classical Mythology|author1-first=Mark P. O. |author1-last=Morford |author2-first=Robert J. |author2-last=Lenardon |author3-first=Michael |author3-last=Sham |publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford |edition=International 10th  |year=2015|isbn=978-0-19-999739-8}}</ref>[[Ancient Greek]]: Ἠλεκτρύων) was a king of [[Tiryns]] and [[Mycenae]] or Medea in [[Argolis (ancient region)|Argolis]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160%3Abook%3D2%3Achapter%3D25%3Asection%3D9 2.25.9]</ref>

== Family ==
Electryon was the son of [[Perseus (mythology)|Perseus]] and [[Andromeda (mythology)|Andromeda]] and thus brother of [[Perses (son of Andromeda and Perseus)|Perses]], [[Alcaeus (mythology)|Alcaeus]], [[Heleus]], [[Mestor]], [[Sthenelus (son of Andromeda and Perseus)|Sthenelus]], [[Cynurus]], [[Gorgophone (Perseid)|Gorgophone]] and [[Autochthe]]. He is most commonly married to [[Anaxo]], daughter of his brother [[Alcaeus (mythology)|Alcaeus]] and sister of [[Amphitryon]],<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.%202.4.5&lang=original 2.4.5]</ref> but was instead married to [[Eurydice of Mycenae|Eurydice]], daughter of [[Pelops]], in some versions of the myth. His wife bore him a daughter [[Alcmene|Alcmena]] and many sons: [[Stratobates]], [[Gorgophonus]], [[Phylonomus]], [[Celaeneus]], [[Amphimachus]], [[Lysinomus]], [[Chirimachus]], [[Anactor]], and [[Archelaus (mythology)|Archelaus]]. Electryon had an illegitimate son [[Licymnius]] by [[Mideia|Midea]], a [[Phrygia]]n woman.<ref>{{Citation|title=Apollodorus|date=2011-10-31|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00006221|work=Benezit Dictionary of Artists|publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00006221 |access-date=2021-10-14}}</ref>

== Mythology ==
The six sons of [[Pterelaus]], King of the [[Taphians]], descended from Electryon's brother [[Mestor]] came to Mycenae to claim a share of kingdom. When Electryon spurned their request, they drove off his cattle; Electryon's sons battled against them, and all but Licymnius (on one side) and [[Everes]] (on the other) died. Everes sold the cattle to [[Polyxenus]] of [[Ancient Elis|Elis]]. Amphitryon, Electryon's nephew and promised in marriage to Alcmene, bought the cattle and returned them to his uncle, but accidentally killed him as he threw his club at one of the cows.  However, there is an earlier tradition that Amphitryon killed him in a fit of anger over some cattle.<ref>Hesiod, ''The Shield of Heracles,'' 11f. and 82.</ref> Electryon's brother [[Sthenelus (son of Andromeda and Perseus)|Sthenelus]] seized the throne of Mycenae, charged Amphitryon with murder, and sent him into exile.

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| before = [[Perseus]]
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| title = King of [[Mycenae]]
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| rows = 2
| after = [[Sthenelus (son of Andromeda and Perseus)|Sthenelus]]
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{{s-ttl
| title = King of [[Tiryns]]
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== Notes ==
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== References ==
*[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|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. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
*[[Pausanias (geographer)|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}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
*Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[William Smith (lexicographer)|Smith, William]]; ''[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]]'', London (1873). [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DE%3Aentry+group%3D2%3Aentry%3Delectryon-bio-1 "Ele'ctryon" ], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DA%3Aentry+group%3D20%3Aentry%3Damphitryon-bio-1 Amphi'tryon]

[[Category:Princes in Greek mythology]]
[[Category:Kings of Mycenae]]
[[Category:Kings of Tiryns]]
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[[Category:Perseids (mythology)]]
[[Category:Mythology of Argolis]]
[[Category:Children of Andromeda (mythology)]]

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