Itonos (son of Amphictyon)

Itonos ( Greek Ἴτωνος Ítōnos ), son of Amphictyon and consort of Melanippe , is a figure in Greek mythology .

He was a Thessalian king and namesake of the city of Iton. Itonos invented the art of ore casting and founded the temple of Athena Itonia. Besides Boiotos , Chromia and Iodama are also named as his children .

literature

• Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Itonos 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.1, Leipzig 1894, column 569 ( digitized version ).
• Georg Weicker : Itonos. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IX, 2, Stuttgart 1916, Col. 2376 f.