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
- Hesiod, Ehoiai 43a.84(60); Theocritus, Idyll 7.6 with scholia
- Apollodorus, 2.7.1
- Theocritus, Idyll 7.6 with scholia
- Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 1.73 (114) & 81 (127)
References
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Hesiod, Catalogue of Women from Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. Online version at theio.com
- 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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