Coön Explained

In Greek mythology, Coön (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Κόων, gen. Κόωνος), also known as Cynon (Κύνων),[1] was the eldest son of Antenor[2] and Theano. Like most of his brothers, he fought and fell in the Trojan War.

Family

Coön was the brother of Crino,[3] Acamas,[4] [5] Agenor,[6] [7] Antheus,[8] Archelochus,[9] [10] Demoleon,[11] Eurymachus,[12] Glaucus,[13] Helicaon,[14] Iphidamas,[15] Laodamas,[16] [17] Laodocus,[18] Medon,[19] Polybus,[20] and Thersilochus.

Mythology

In the Iliad, he confronted Agamemnon over the body of his brother Iphidamas and wounded the opponent in the arm, but Agamemnon struck back and chopped Coön's head off.[21] The fight between Agamemnon and Coön was depicted on the chest of Cypselus according to Pausanias.[22]

References

Notes and References

  1. [Pherecydes of Athens|Pherecydes]
  2. [Homer]
  3. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
  4. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
  5. Book: [[Tzetzes|Tzetzes, John]]. Allegories of the Iliad. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2015. 978-0-674-96785-4. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England. 61, Prologue 806-807, p. 219, 11.44-46. Goldwyn. Adam. Kokkini. Dimitra.
  6. Book: Tzetzes, John. Allegories of the Iliad. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2015. 978-0-674-96785-4. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England. 219, 11.44–46. Goldwyn. Adam. Kokkini. Dimitra.
  7. Homer, Iliad 11.59, 21.545 & 579
  8. Tzetzes on Lycophron, 134
  9. Apollodorus, E.3.34; Homer, Iliad 2.823, 12.100 & 14.464
  10. Book: Tzetzes, John. Allegories of the Iliad. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2015. 978-0-674-96785-4. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England. 61, Prologue 806-807. Goldwyn. Adam. Kokkini. Dimitra.
  11. Homer, Iliad 20.395
  12. Pausanias, 10.27.3
  13. [Virgil]
  14. Homer, Iliad 3.123
  15. Homer, Iliad 11.221 & 261; Pausanias, 4.36.4 & 5.19.4
  16. Homer, Iliad 15.516
  17. Book: Tzetzes, John. Allegories of the Iliad. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2015. 978-0-674-96785-4. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England. 283, 15.193. Goldwyn. Adam. Kokkini. Dimitra.
  18. Homer, Iliad 4.87
  19. Virgil, Aeneid 6.484
  20. Homer, Iliad 11.59
  21. Homer, Iliad 11.249-269; also briefly mentioned in Tzetzes, Homerica 194
  22. Pausanias, 5.19.4