Alxion

Alxion ( Greek  Ἀλξίων ) is a person from Greek mythology .

He is only mentioned by Pausanias as the father of the King of Pisa Oinomaos , whose father is usually the god of war Ares . Eduard Thraemer suspected that the name Alxion goes back to an old Pisatian nickname for Ares.

literature

• Georg Knaack : Alxion. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, column 1707.
• Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Alxion . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 261 ( digitized version ).

Remarks

1. ^ Pausanias 5: 1, 5.
2. ↑ Eduard Thraemer: Pergamos: Investigations on the early history of Asia Minor and Greece . BG Teubner, Leipzig 1888, p. 55.