Paeon (father of Agastrophus)

This article is about the father of Agastrophus. For other uses, see Paean (disambiguation).

Paeon or Paion (Ancient Greek: Παίων, gen.: Παίονος) in Greek mythology was a Paionian mentioned in the Iliad of Homer as the father of the warrior Agastrophus, slain by Diomedes, while fighting on the side of Troy in the Trojan War.[1] He is presumably the same as the Paeon mentioned in Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica as the father by Cleomede of Laophoon, a companion of Asteropaios slain by Meriones.[2]

Notes

  1. Homer, Iliad 11.339, 11.368.
  2. Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica p. 112, 6.549555; Parada, "Paeon 1." p. 135; Connor, "Paeon" p. 1096.

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