Polykaon (son of Bute)

Polykaon ( Greek  Πολυκάων ) is a figure in Greek mythology .

He is a son of Bute , although it is unclear which Bute is meant. He marries Euaichme , daughter of Hyllos and granddaughter of Heracles .

Pausanias mentions him in his report on Polykaon , the eponymous founder and first king of the city of Messene . He writes that during his unsuccessful research into the descendants of King Polykaon and his wife Messene , he came across another man with the same name. There does not seem to be any further connection beyond the identity of the names.

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• Pausanias : Description of Greece 4, 2, 1.

literature

• Otto Höfer : Polykaon 2) . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, column 2649 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Polykaon in the Greek Myth Index (English)