Editing Mygdon (brother of Amycus)

{{Short description|Character of ancient Greek mythology, son of Poseidon, king of the Bebriks}}
{{Other uses|Mygdon}}

In [[Greek mythology]], King '''Mygdon''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Μύγδων) of the [[Bebryces]], people who lived in [[Bithynia]], in northern [[Anatolia|Asia Minor]]. He was the son of [[Poseidon]] and the [[Bithynia]]n nymph [[Melia (consort of Poseidon)|Melia]] and thus brother of [[Amykos|Amycus]], also a Bebrycian king.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:2.5.9 2.5.9].</ref>

== Mythology ==
According to Apollodorus, Mygdon was killed by [[Heracles]] on the way to [[Pontus (region)|Pontus]] to complete his [[Labours of Hercules#Ninth: Belt of Hippolyta|ninth labour]], which was to fetch the [[belt (clothing)|belt]] of Queen [[Hippolyte]] of the [[Amazons]]. After Heracles killed Mygdon, he gave his former lands to [[Lycus (mythology)|Lycus]], who renamed the place [[Heraclea Pontica|Heraclea]] in honour of Heracles.<blockquote>. . .in a battle between him [i.e Lycus] and the king of the Bebryces Hercules sided with Lycus and slew many, amongst others King Mygdon, brother of Amycus. And he took much land from the Bebryces and gave it to Lycus, who called it all Heraclea.</blockquote>

== Note ==

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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].
* [[William Smith (lexicographer)|William Smith]]. ''[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology|A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology]]''. ''[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DM%3Aentry+group%3D32%3Aentry%3Dmygdon-bio-1 s.v. Mygdon.]'' London (1848).

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[[Category:Kings in Greek mythology]]
[[Category:Mythology of Heracles]]

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