Leukon (son of Athamas)

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Leukon ( Greek  Λεύκων ) is a figure in Greek mythology .

He is a son of Athamas and Themisto . His brothers are Erythrios , Schoineus and Ptoos - the latter is also called Ptoios and, according to later reports, has a twin brother named Porphyrion - as well as Sphingios and Orchomenos .

His children are Euippe and Erythras , after whom the Boeotic city ​​of Erythrai is said to be named, and Peisidike, the mother of Argynnos .

literature

Web links

  • Leukon in the Greek Myth Index (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Libraries of Apollodorus 1, 9, 2.
  2. ^ Nonnos : Dionysiaka 9, 312.
  3. ^ Hyginus Mythographus : Fabulae 1–5.
  4. Pausanias : Description of Greece 9, 34, 9.
  5. Pausanias : Description of Greece 6, 21, 11.