In Greek mythology, Paean (Ancient Greek: Παιάν), Paeëon or Paieon (Ancient Greek: Παιήων), or Paeon or Paion (Ancient Greek: Παιών) may refer to the following characters:
- Paean (god), the physician of the Greek gods.[1]
- Paeon (father of Agastrophus), the father of Agastrophus in Homer's Iliad, and the husband of Cleomede and father of Laophoon in Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica.[2][3]
- Paeon (son of Antilochus), a lord of Messenia, from whom the Attic clan and deme of Paeonidae or Paionidai is supposed to have derived its name.[4]
- Paeon (son of Endymion), from whom the district of Paionia was believed to have derived its name.[5]
- Paeon (son of Poseidon), the son of Helle and Poseidon; in some legends he was called Edonus.[6]
- Paeon, son of Ares and father of Biston.[7]
- Paean, an epithet for the Greek god Apollo.[8]
- Paean, an epithet for the Greek healer-god Asclepius.[9]
Notes
- ^ "Homer, Iliad,Book 5, line 899". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Tufts University.
- ^ Homer, Iliad 11.339 &368
- ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, p. 112, 6.549–555; Parada, "Paeon 1." p. 135; Connor, "Paeon" p. 1096.
- ^ Pausanias, 2.18.7–9
- ^ Pausanias, 5.1; Smith "Paeon" 3
- ^ Pseudo-Eratosthenes, Catasterismi 19; Hyginus, Poeticon astronomicon 2.20; Smith, "Paeon 1"
- ^ Etymologicum Magnum 197.59 s.v. Bistoniē
- ^ Graf, Fritz (2008). Apollo. Taylor and Francis. pp. 66–67.
- ^ Eustathius of Thessalonica on Homer, 1494; Virgil, Aeneid 7.769
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. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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