Chalcon
In Greek mythology, the name Chalcon (Χάλκων) may refer to:
- Chalcon, one of the Telchines.[1]
- Chalcon, a Myrmidonian, father of Bathycles who was killed by Glaucus in the Trojan War.[2]
- Chalcon, father of a daughter Antiochis who, in one version, married Polybus of Corinth.[3]
- Chalcon, son of Metion and possible father of the Euboean Abas.[4]
- Chalcon of Cyparissia, charioteer, shield-bearer and tutor of Antilochus. During the Trojan War, he fell in love with Penthesilea and was killed by Achilles upon coming to her aid.[5]
- Chalcon occasionally refers to characters otherwise known under the name Chalcodon, including:
Notes[]
- ^ Eustathius on Homer, p. 772
- ^ Homer, Iliad, 16. 595
- ^ Scholia on Sophocles, Oedipus Rex, 775
- ^ Scholia on Iliad, 2. 536
- ^ Ptolemy Hephaestion, New History, 1 in Photius, Myrobiblion, 190; Eustathius on Homer, 1697. 54
- ^ Theocritus, Idyll 7. 6 with scholia
- ^ Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 1. 73 (114) & 81 (127)
References[]
- 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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