In Greek mythology, the name Cydon (Ancient Greek: Κύδων) may refer to:
- Cydon of Crete, eponym of Cydonia. According to one version, he was a son of Tegeates and possibly, Maera, daughter of the Titan Atlas. He was the brother of Leimon, Schephrus, Gortys and Archedius: the three brothers were said to have migrated to Crete from Arcadia.[1] Alternately, Cydon was a native of Crete, son of Acacallis by Hermes[2] or Apollo.[3] He is probably the same as Cydon, the father of Eulimene.[4]
- Cydon of Thebes, name shared by three defenders of Thebes in the war of the Seven against Thebes:
- 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, an ally of Turnus, lover of Clytius. Clytius fell in the battle against Aeneas.[9]
- Cydon, one of the horses of Hippodamus.[10]
Notes
- ^ Pausanias, 8.53.4
- ^ Pausanias, 8.53; Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.1492
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Kydonia
- ^ Parthenius, Erotica Pathemata 35
- ^ Statius, Thebaid 2.623
- ^ Statius, Thebaid 9.759
- ^ Statius, Thebaid 9.127
- ^ Statius, Thebaid 5.220
- ^ Virgil, Aeneid 10.324 ff.
- ^ Statius, Thebaid 6.465
References
- Parthenius, Love Romances translated by Sir Stephen Gaselee (1882-1943), S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 69. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1916. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Parthenius, Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol. 1. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin 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. Online version at the Topos Text Project.