Presbon

In Greek mythology, the name Presbon (Ancient Greek: Πρέσβων "elder, senior") may refer to:

• Presbon, a son of Phrixus and Chalciope (^[1]), daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis, mentioned in few sources, and never enumerated alongside his brothers Argus, Phrontis, Melas and . Upon return from Colchis to Boeotia, he received his grandfather Athamas' kingdom back from the latter's adoptive heirs Haliartus and Coronus.^[2] The kingdom further passed over to his son Clymenus.^[3]
• Presbon, a son of Minyas and Clytodora.^[4]
• Presbon, father of Spledon (Aspledon) by Sterope.^[5]
• Presbon, the young son of Clymenus (Periclymenus), whom Harpalyce killed and served to Clymenus as a meal in revenge for the rape.^[6]

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• 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.

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