Echephron (son of Nestor)
Echephron ( Greek Ἐχέφρων ) is a person of Greek mythology .
Echephron is a son of Nestor , in Homer his mother is given as Eurydice , in the library of Apollodor, however, Anaxibia . His siblings are Peisidike , Polycaste , Perseus , Stratichos , Peisistratos , Aretos , Antilochus and Thrasymedes .
In the case of a cow sacrifice in honor of the god Poseidon , he is the one who, together with his brother Stratichos, leads the animal to the sacrificial site.
literature
- Ulrich Hoefer : Echephron 2. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume V, 2, Stuttgart 1905, Col. 1914.