Editing Metion

{{short description|In Greek mythology, son of King Erechtheus of Athens}}
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Metion''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|iː|ʃ|ə|n}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Μητίων, ''gen''. Μητίονος) was an [[Athens|Athenian]] prince as the son of King [[Erechtheus]] and [[Praxithea]], daughter of [[Phrasimus]] and [[Cephissus (Boeotia)|Diogeneia]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.15.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=3:chapter=15&highlight=Creusa 3.15.1]</ref>

== Family ==
Metion was the brother of [[Cecrops II|Cecrops]], [[Pandorus]], [[Protogeneia]], [[Pandora (Greek myth)|Pandora]], [[Creusa of Athens|Creusa]], [[Procris]], [[Orithyia of Athens|Oreithyia]] and [[Chthonia]].<ref>''[[Suda]] s.v.'' ''[https://topostext.org/work/240#pi.668 Maidens, Virgins (Παρθένοι)]''</ref> His other possible siblings were [[Merope (Greek myth)|Merope]],<ref>[[Plutarch]], ''Theseus'' 19.5</ref> [[Orneus]],<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Graeciae Descriptio'' 2.25.6; Plutarch, ''Theseus'' 32.1; [[Stephanus of Byzantium]], ''Ethnica'' s.v. ''[https://topostext.org/work/241#O496.5 Orneiai]''</ref> [[Thespius]],<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], ''[[Bibliotheca historica]]'' 4.29.2</ref> [[Eupalamus]]<ref>Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca historica'' 4.76.1</ref> and [[Sicyon (mythology)|Sicyon]].<ref>Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160%3Abook%3D2%3Achapter%3D6%3Asection%3D5 2.6.5], citing [[Hesiod]] (''[[Catalogue of Women|Ehoiai]]'' fr. 224) for [[Erechtheus]]</ref>

In some accounts, Metion's father was Eupalamus, son of Erechtheus, instead. He had sons known collectively as the Metionadae which probably include Eupalamus,<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:3.15.8 3.15.8].</ref> [[Sicyon (mythology)|Sicyon]],<ref>Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160%3Abook%3D2%3Achapter%3D6%3Asection%3D5 2.6.5], citing [[Asius of Samos]] for Metion</ref> and [[Daedalus]]<ref>Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca historica'' 4.76.1; [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Graeciae Descriptio'' 7.4.5; [[Plato]], ''[[Ion (dialogue)|Ion]]'' 533a; [[Scholia]] on [[Sophocles]], ''[[Oedipus at Colonus]]'' 472</ref> (his son by [[Iphinoe (mythology)|Iphinoe]]<ref>Scholia on Sophocles, ''Oedipus at Colonus'' 468</ref>). These mentioned sons are sometimes credited with other parentages.

== Mythology ==
The Metionids later drove King [[Pandion II]] out of Athens into exile.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:3.15.5 3.15.5]; Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio'' 1.5.3</ref> These usurping sons were in turn overthrown by the sons of Pandion: [[Aegeus]], [[Nisos|Nisus]], [[Lycus (mythology)|Lycus]] and [[Pallas (son of Pandion)|Pallas]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:3.15.6 3.15.6]; Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio'' 1.5.4</ref>

== 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].
* [[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. [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
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* [[Plutarch|Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus]], ''Lives'' with an English Translation by Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. 1. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0067 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0075 Greek text available from the same website].
* Patsi-Garin, Emmy. «Επίτομο λεξικό Ελληνικής Μυθολογίας», ed. Χάρη Πάτση, Athens 1969.
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* 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].
* [[Stephanus of Byzantium]], ''Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt,'' edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. [https://topostext.org/work/241 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Suda|Suida]], ''Suda Encyclopedia'' translated by Ross Scaife, David Whitehead, William Hutton, Catharine Roth, Jennifer Benedict, Gregory Hays, Malcolm Heath Sean M. Redmond, Nicholas Fincher, Patrick Rourke, Elizabeth Vandiver, Raphael Finkel, Frederick Williams, Carl Widstrand, Robert Dyer, Joseph L. Rife, Oliver Phillips and many others. [https://topostext.org/work/240 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]

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