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In [[Greek mythology]] and [[history of Greece|history]], '''Medon''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|iː|d|ən}}; {{langx|grc|Μέδων}}, ''gen''.: Μέδοντος means "lord' or "ruler") is the name of a number of different figures:
* Medon, one of the [[Tyrrhenians|Tyrrhenian]] pirates who attempted to enslave [[Dionysus]] and were changed into fish or dolphin.<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 3.671; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#134 134]</ref>
*Medon, a [[centaur]] at the wedding of [[Pirithous]] and [[Hippodamia (wife of Pirithous)|Hippodamia]].<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.303</ref>
*Medon, one of the [[Doliones|Dolionians]], who was killed by the [[Argonauts Club|Argonauts]].<ref>[[Valerius Flaccus (poet)|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 (geographer)|Pausanias]], 2.16.7 citing [[Hellanicus of Lesbos|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 (mythology)|Rhene]]<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 2.728</ref> or [[Alcimache]].<ref>Scholia on Homer, ''Iliad'' 13.694</ref> He lived in [[Phylace (Magnesia)|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 (mythology)|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 of Troy|Antenor]]<ref name=":12">Virgil, ''Aeneid'' 6.484</ref> and [[Theano of Troy|Theano]], thus brother of [[Crino]],<ref>Pausanias, 10.27.4</ref> [[Acamas (son of Antenor)|Acamas]],<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 2.823, 11.60 & 12.100; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [[Epitome]] 3.34</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=[[Tzetzes|Tzetzes, John]]|title=Allegories of the Iliad|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2015|isbn=978-0-674-96785-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=61, ''Prologue'' 806–807, p. 219, 11.44–46|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}}</ref> [[Agenor of Troy|Agenor]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Tzetzes, John|title=Allegories of the Iliad|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2015|isbn=978-0-674-96785-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=219, 11.44–46|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}}</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>{{Cite book|last=Tzetzes, John|title=Allegories of the Iliad|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2015|isbn=978-0-674-96785-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=61, ''Prologue'' 806–807|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}}</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 (mythology)|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>{{Cite book|last=Tzetzes, John|title=Allegories of the Iliad|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2015|isbn=978-0-674-96785-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=283, 15.193|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}}</ref> [[Laodocus]],<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 4.87</ref> [[Polybus (son of Antenor)|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 [[Homer's Ithaca|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> [[Suitors of Penelope|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 (Odyssey)|Philoetius]], and [[Telemachus]].<ref name=":1">Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33</ref>
* Medon (Μήδων), a son of [[Cisus|Ceisus]] and grandson of [[Temenus]]. He was a king of [[Argos, Peloponnese|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 [[Limp|lame]] in one foot, which was why his brother Neileus would not let him rule, but the [[Delphi]]an oracle bestowed the kingdom upon Medon.<ref>Pausanias, 7.2.1</ref>

==See also==
* [[Medon (disambiguation)]]

==Notes==
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== References ==
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*[[Dictys Cretensis]]'', from The Trojan War.'' ''The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and [[Dares Phrygius|Dares the Phrygian]]'' translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. [https://topostext.org/work/152 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
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*[[Valerius Flaccus (poet)|Gaius Valerius Flaccus]], ''Argonautica'' translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/ValeriusFlaccus1.html Online version at theio.com.]
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*[[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]
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* [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes, John]], ''Allegories of the Iliad'' translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015.

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