Cydon

Cydon

In Greek mythology, the name Cydon (Κύδων) may refer to:

  • Cydon of Thebes, name shared by three defenders of Thebes against the Seven:
    • One of the fifty warriors who laid an ambush against Tydeus and were killed by him.[5]
    • Son of Abas, was killed by Parthenopaeus.[6]
    • Another Theban, killed by Hippomedon.[7]
  • Cydon of Lemnos, half-brother of Hypsipyle. Was slain by Myrmidone the night all Lemnian men were killed by their women.[8]
  • Cydon, one of the horses of Hippodamus.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8. 53. 4
  2. ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 4. 1492
  3. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Kydonia
  4. ^ Parthenius, Love Romances, 35
  5. ^ Statius, Thebaid, 2. 623
  6. ^ Statius, Thebaid, 9. 759
  7. ^ Statius, Thebaid, 9. 127
  8. ^ Statius, Thebaid, 5. 220
  9. ^ Virgil, Aeneid, 10. 324 ff
  10. ^ Statius, Thebaid, 6. 465

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