Medon, a "cunning craftsman" of 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.[11]
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 Ithaca.[33] Medon attempts to return the favor by speaking on behalf of his master, claiming that Odysseus' violence was not unwarranted by the gods.[34]
Medon (Μήδων), a son of Ceisus and grandson of Temenus. He was a king of Argos but his powers were limited to the minimum in favor of the people's self-government.[38]
Medon, son of Codrus, was the first archon of Athens. He was lame in one foot, which was why his brother Neileus would not let him rule, but the Delphian oracle bestowed the kingdom upon Medon.[39]
^Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 61, Prologue 806–807, p. 219, 11.44–46. ISBN978-0-674-96785-4.
^ abTzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 219, 11.44–46. ISBN978-0-674-96785-4.
^Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 61, Prologue 806–807. ISBN978-0-674-96785-4.
^Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 283, 15.193. ISBN978-0-674-96785-4.
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Dictys Cretensis, from The Trojan War.The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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In Greek mythology and history there were at least eleven men named Medon ˈ m iː d en Ancient Greek Medwn gen Medontos means lord or ruler Medon one of the Tyrrhenian pirates who attempted to enslave Dionysus and were changed into fish or dolphin 1 Medon a centaur at the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia 2 Medon one of the Dolionians who was killed by the Argonauts 3 Medon son of Eteoclus and accordingly a participant in the war of the Epigoni 4 Medon the son of Pylades and Electra and brother of Strophius 5 Medon one of the Achaean Leaders and half brother of Ajax the Lesser He was the son of Oileus king of Locris by Rhene 6 or Alcimache 7 He lived in Phylace to where he had to flee after he had killed a relative of his stepmother Eriopis 8 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 9 Medon was killed by Aeneas 10 Medon a cunning craftsman of 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 11 Medon son of Antenor 12 and Theano thus brother of Crino 13 Acamas 14 15 Agenor 16 17 Antheus 18 Archelochus 19 20 Coon 21 Demoleon 22 Eurymachus 23 Glaucus 24 Helicaon 25 Iphidamas 26 Laodamas 27 28 Laodocus 29 Polybus 16 30 and Thersilochus 12 Medon was killed by Philoctetes 31 and later Aeneas met him in the Underworld 32 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 Ithaca 33 Medon attempts to return the favor by speaking on behalf of his master claiming that Odysseus violence was not unwarranted by the gods 34 Medon the cruel 35 suitor of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers 36 He with the other suitors was slain by Odysseus with the aid of Eumaeus Philoetius and Telemachus 37 Medon Mhdwn a son of Ceisus and grandson of Temenus He was a king of Argos but his powers were limited to the minimum in favor of the people s self government 38 Medon son of Codrus was the first archon of Athens He was lame in one foot which was why his brother Neileus would not let him rule but the Delphian oracle bestowed the kingdom upon Medon 39 See also editMedon disambiguation Notes edit Ovid Metamorphoses 3 671 Hyginus Fabulae 184 Ovid Metamorphoses 12 303 Valerius Flaccus 3 118 Scholia on Homer Iliad 4 404 Pausanias 2 16 7 citing Hellanicus Homer Iliad 2 728 Scholia on Homer Iliad 13 694 Homer Iliad 13 694 697 Homer Iliad 2 720 730 Homer Iliad 15 332 Quintus Smyrnaeus 8 296 amp 10 125 a b Virgil Aeneid 6 484 Pausanias 10 27 4 Homer Iliad 2 823 11 60 amp 12 100 Apollodorus Epitome 3 34 Tzetzes John 2015 Allegories of the Iliad Translated by Goldwyn Adam Kokkini Dimitra Harvard University Press Cambridge Massachusetts London England Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library pp 61 Prologue 806 807 p 219 11 44 46 ISBN 978 0 674 96785 4 a b Tzetzes John 2015 Allegories of the Iliad Translated by Goldwyn Adam Kokkini Dimitra Harvard University Press Cambridge Massachusetts London England Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library pp 219 11 44 46 ISBN 978 0 674 96785 4 Homer Iliad 11 59 21 545 amp 579 Tzetzes on Lycophron 134 Homer Iliad 2 823 12 100 amp 14 464 Apollodorus Epitome 3 34 Tzetzes John 2015 Allegories of the Iliad Translated by Goldwyn Adam Kokkini Dimitra Harvard University Press Cambridge Massachusetts London England Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library pp 61 Prologue 806 807 ISBN 978 0 674 96785 4 Homer Iliad 11 248 amp 256 19 53 Homer Iliad 20 395 Pausanias 10 27 3 Virgil Aeneid 6 484 Apollodorus Epitome 5 21 Dictys Cretensis 4 7 Pausanias 10 27 3 Homer Iliad 3 123 Homer Iliad 11 221 amp 261 Pausanias 4 36 4 amp 5 19 4 Homer Iliad 15 516 Tzetzes John 2015 Allegories of the Iliad Translated by Goldwyn Adam Kokkini Dimitra Harvard University Press Cambridge Massachusetts London England Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library pp 283 15 193 ISBN 978 0 674 96785 4 Homer Iliad 4 87 Homer Iliad 11 59 Homer Iliad 17 216 Virgil Aeneid 6 483 Quintus Smyrnaeus 11 481 Virgil Aeneid 6 483 Homer Odyssey 22 355 380 Homer Odysseys 24 346 354 Ovid Heroides 1 91 Apollodorus Epitome 7 26 27 Apollodorus Epitome 7 33 Pausanias 2 19 2 Pausanias 7 2 1References editApollodorus 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 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library Greek text available from the same website Dictys Cretensis from The Trojan War The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer Jr 1931 Indiana University Press 1966 Online version at the Topos Text Project Gaius Julius Hyginus Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies Online version at the Topos Text Project Gaius Valerius Flaccus Argonautica translated by Mozley J H Loeb Classical Library Volume 286 Cambridge MA Harvard University Press London William Heinemann Ltd 1928 Online version at theio com Gaius Valerius Flaccus Argonauticon Otto Kramer Leipzig Teubner 1913 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library Homer The Iliad with an English Translation by A T Murray Ph D in two volumes Cambridge MA Harvard University Press London William Heinemann Ltd 1924 ISBN 978 0674995796 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library Homer Homeri Opera in five volumes Oxford Oxford University Press 1920 ISBN 978 0198145318 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library Homer Odyssey Trans Stanley Lombardo Canada Hackett Publishing Company Inc 2000 Print 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 Ovidius Naso The Epistles of Ovid London J Nunn Great Queen Street R Priestly 143 High Holborn R Lea Greek Street Soho and J Rodwell New Bond Street 1813 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library Publius Ovidius Naso Amores Epistulae Medicamina faciei femineae Ars amatoria Remedia amoris Edition by R Ehwald Rudolphi Merkelii Leipzig B G Teubner 1907 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library Publius Ovidius Naso Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More 1859 1942 Boston Cornhill Publishing Co 1922 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library Publius Ovidius Naso Metamorphoses Hugo Magnus Gotha Germany Friedr Andr Perthes 1892 Latin 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 amp Co 1900 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library Quintus Smyrnaeus The Fall of Troy translated by Way A S Loeb Classical Library Volume 19 London William Heinemann 1913 Online version at theio com Quintus Smyrnaeus The Fall of Troy Arthur S Way London William Heinemann New York G P Putnam s Sons 1913 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library Tzetzes John Allegories of the Iliad translated by Goldwyn Adam J and Kokkini Dimitra Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library Harvard University Press 2015 nbsp nbsp This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names If an internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article if one exists Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Medon 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