Coön

Ancient Greek mythology character

In Greek mythology, Coön (Ancient Greek: Κόων, gen. Κόωνος), also known as Cynon (Κύνων),^[1] was the eldest son of Antenor^[2] and Theano. Like most of his brothers, he fought and fell in the Trojan War.

Family

Coön was the brother of Crino,^[3] Acamas,^[4]^[5] Agenor,^[6]^[7] Antheus,^[8] Archelochus,^[9]^[10] Demoleon,^[11] Eurymachus,^[12] Glaucus,^[13] Helicaon,^[14] Iphidamas,^[15] Laodamas,^[16]^[17] Laodocus,^[18] Medon,^[19] Polybus,^[6]^[20] and Thersilochus.^[19]

Mythology

In the Iliad, he confronted Agamemnon over the body of his brother Iphidamas and wounded the opponent in the arm, but Agamemnon struck back and chopped Coön's head off.^[21] The fight between Agamemnon and Coön was depicted on the chest of Cypselus according to Pausanias.^[22]

Notes

^ Pherecydes in scholia on Homer, Iliad 19.53
^ Homer, Iliad 11.248 & 256, 19.53
^ Pausanias, 10.27.4
^ Apollodorus, E.3.34; Homer, Iliad 2.823, 11.60 & 12.100
^ Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 61, Prologue 806-807, p. 219, 11.44-46. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
^ ^a ^b Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 219, 11.44–46. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
^ Homer, Iliad 11.59, 21.545 & 579
^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 134
^ Apollodorus, E.3.34; Homer, Iliad 2.823, 12.100 & 14.464
^ Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 61, Prologue 806-807. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
^ Homer, Iliad 20.395
^ Pausanias, 10.27.3
^ Virgil, Aeneid 6.484; Apollodorus, E.5.21; Dictys Cretensis, 4.7; Pausanias, 10.27.3
^ Homer, Iliad 3.123
^ Homer, Iliad 11.221 & 261; Pausanias, 4.36.4 & 5.19.4
^ Homer, Iliad 15.516
^ Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 283, 15.193. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
^ Homer, Iliad 4.87
^ ^a ^b Virgil, Aeneid 6.484
^ Homer, Iliad 11.59
^ Homer, Iliad 11.249-269; also briefly mentioned in Tzetzes, Homerica 194
^ Pausanias, 5.19.4

References

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