Medon
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
- A Centaur, Ov. M. 12, 303.—
- II Son of Codrus, king of Athens, the first archon; hence, Mĕdontĭdae, ārum, m., his descendants, Vell. 1, 2, 2.—
- III One of Penelope's suitors; acc. Medonta, Sabin. Ep. 1, 47.
(Μέδων).
1. A herald in the house of Odysseus. (Hom. Od. 4.677, 22.357.)
2. A son of Oileus and Rhene, and a brother of lesser Ajax. Having slain Eriopis, one mother's kinsmen, he left his father's house, and fled to Phylace. He commanded the Pythians in the war against Troy, and when Philoctetes was wounded, Medon commanded the Methonians in his place. He was slain by Aeneas. (Hom. Il. 2.727, &c., 13.693, &c., 15.332.)
Two other mythical personages of this name occur in Ovid (Ov. Met. 12.303), and Hyginus (Hyg. Fab. 134). [L.S]
(Μήδων).
1. King of Argos, was son of Ceisus, and grandson of Temenus the Heracleid. (Paus. 2.19; Clint. F. H. vol. i. p. 249, note v.)
2. A citizen of Beroea, was one of the ambassadors whom Perseus, king of Macedonia, sent with a proposal of peace to the Romans after he had defeated them, under P. Licinius Crassus, on the banks of the Peneus, in B. C. 171. Licinius, however, adhered to the regular Roman policy, of never granting peace but after a victory. (Plb. 8; Liv. 42.62.) [E.E]
(Μέδων), a Lacedaemonian statuary, the brother of Dorycleidas, and the disciple of )ipoenus and Scyllis, made the gold and ivory statue of Athena in the Heraeum at Olympia (Paus. 5.17.1). He flourished about B. C. 550. [P.S]
(Μέδων). (1) Son of Codrus, the first archon. (See Codrus.)
(2) A Lacedaemonian statnary, who made the chryselephantine statue of Athené for the Heraeum at Olympia.
- brother of Doryclidas: Paus. 5.17.2
- king of Argos: Paus. 2.19.2
- king of Athens: Paus. 7.2.1
- Paus. 2.16.7
- Apollod. E.7.25