Leon (son of Colonus)
Leon ( ancient Greek Λέων ) is a person from Greek mythology .
He is a son of Colonos from Tanagra and brother of Ochemos , Bukolos and Ochna . His sister Ochna tries to seduce the beautiful youth Eunostus . When she fails to do this, she accuses Eunostus of having done violence to her brothers, whereupon they kill Eunostus. Elieus , Eunostus' father, has the brothers captured. After Ochna confessed the truth and threw herself off a rock in remorse, they are set free again.
literature
- Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Leon 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.2, Leipzig 1897, column 1943 ( digitized version ).
- Wilhelm Kroll : Leon 7 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XII, 2, Stuttgart 1925, Sp. 2004.