Arrhon

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In Greek mythology, Arrhon (Ancient Greek: Ἄρρωνος) may refer to the two different figures:

  • Arrhon, a Minyan prince as the son of King Clymenus[1] (Periclymenus) of Orchomenus and Buzyge (or Budeia)[2] and his brothers were Erginus, Azeus, Pyleus, Stratius,[3] Eurydice[4] and Axia.[5] Together with his brothers, they attacked Thebes and, being victorious, imposed on the city a tribute to be paid each year for the murder of their father Clymenus.
  • Arrhon, an Arcadian king as the son of Erymanthus, a descendant of King Lycaon of Arcadia. He was the father of Psophis, one of the possible eponyms for the city of Psophis.[6]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Pausanias, 9.37.1-2
  2. ^ Eustathius on Homer, 1076.26; Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.185
  3. ^ Pausanias, 9.37.1
  4. ^ Homer, Odyssey 3.452
  5. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Axia
  6. ^ Pausanias, 8.24.1

References[edit]

  • Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. ISBN 978-0674995611. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
  • 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.
  • 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.


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