Presbon
In Greek mythology, the name Presbon (Ancient Greek: Πρέσβων "elder, senior") may refer to:
- Presbon, a son of Phrixus and Chalciope mentioned in few sources, and never enumerated alongside his brothers Argus, Phrontis, Melas and Cytisorus.[1] Upon return from Colchis to Boeotia, he received his grandfather Athamas' kingdom back from the latter's adoptive heirs Haliartus and Coronus.[2] The kingdom further passed over to his son Clymenus.[3]
- Presbon, a son of Minyas and Clytodora.[4]
- Presbon, father of Spledon (Aspledon) by Sterope.[5][6]
- Presbon, the young son of Clymenus (Periclymenus), whom Harpalyce killed and served to Clymenus as a meal in revenge for the rape.[7]
References
- Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 2. 1122
- Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9. 34. 8
- Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9. 37. 1
- Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 230
- Etymologicum Magnum 157. 32
- Scholia on Iliad 2. 511
- Scholia on Iliad, 14. 291
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