InGreek mythology andhistory,Medon (/ˈmiːdən/;Ancient Greek:Μέδων,gen.: Μέδοντος means "lord' or "ruler") is the name of a number of different figures:

• Medon, one of theTyrrhenian pirates who attempted to enslaveDionysus and were changed into fish or dolphin.^[1]
• Medon, acentaur at the wedding ofPirithous andHippodamia.^[2]
• Medon, one of theDolionians, who was killed by theArgonauts.^[3]
• Medon, son ofEteoclus and accordingly a participant in the war of theEpigoni.^[4]
• Medon, the son ofPylades andElectra and brother ofStrophius.^[5]
• Medon, one of theAchaean Leaders and half-brother ofAjax the Lesser. He was the son ofOileus, king ofLocris, byRhene^[6] orAlcimache.^[7] He lived inPhylace, to where he had to flee after he had killed a relative of his stepmotherEriopis.^[8] In theTrojan War, Medon took overPhiloctetes' army after the latter was bitten by a snake and left onLemnos because the wound festered and smelled bad.^[9] Medon was killed byAeneas.^[10]
• Medon, a "cunning craftsman" ofCilla, husband ofIphianassa and father ofMetalcas andZechis, of whom the former was slain in the Trojan War byNeoptolemus, and the latter byTeucer.^[11]
• Medon, son ofAntenor^[12] andTheano, thus brother ofCrino,^[13]Acamas,^[14][15]Agenor,^[16][17]Antheus,^[18]Archelochus,^[19][20]Coön,^[21]Demoleon,^[22]Eurymachus,^[23]Glaucus,^[24]Helicaon,^[25]Iphidamas,^[26]Laodamas,^[27][28]Laodocus,^[29]Polybus^[16][30] andThersilochus.^[12] Medon was killed byPhiloctetes,^[31] and later Aeneas met him in the Underworld.^[32]
• Medon, the faithful herald ofOdysseus inHomer'sOdyssey. Following the advice of his sonTelemachus, Odysseus spares Medon's life after killing thesuitors of Penelope who had been plaguing his halls in his homeland ofIthaca.^[33] Medon attempts to return the favor by speaking on behalf of his master, claiming that Odysseus' violence was not unwarranted by the gods.^[34]
• Medon, the "cruel"^[35]suitor ofPenelope who came fromDulichium along with other 56 wooers.^[36] He, with the other suitors, was slain byOdysseus with the aid ofEumaeus,Philoetius, andTelemachus.^[37]
• Medon (Μήδων), a son ofCeisus and grandson ofTemenus. He was a king ofArgos but his powers were limited to the minimum in favor of the people's self-government.^[38]
• Medon, son ofCodrus, was the firstarchon of Athens. He waslame in one foot, which was why his brother Neileus would not let him rule, but theDelphian oracle bestowed the kingdom upon Medon.^[39]

• Medon (disambiguation)

• 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.
• Dictys Cretensis, from The Trojan War.The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete andDares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus,Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Gaius Valerius Flaccus,Argonautica translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928.Online version at theio.com.
• Gaius Valerius Flaccus,Argonauticon. Otto Kramer. Leipzig. Teubner. 1913.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• 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.
• Homer.Odyssey. Trans. Stanley Lombardo. Canada: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2000. Print.
• 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.
• Publius Ovidius Naso,The Epistles of Ovid. London. J. Nunn, Great-Queen-Street; R. Priestly, 143, High-Holborn; R. Lea, Greek-Street, Soho; and J. Rodwell, New-Bond-Street. 1813.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso.Amores, Epistulae, Medicamina faciei femineae, Ars amatoria, Remedia amoris. Edition by R. Ehwald; Rudolphi Merkelii; Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1907.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso,Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso,Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro,Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro,Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900.Latin 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.
• Tzetzes, John,Allegories of the Iliad translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015.

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