Paeon of Elis

This article is about the son of Endymion. For other uses, see Paean (disambiguation).

Paeon^[pronunciation?] or Paion (Ancient Greek: Παίων, gen.: Παίονος), in Greek mythology, was an Elean prince as son of King Endymion, and brother of Epeius, Aetolus, Eurycyda[1] and possibly Naxos.[2] From him, the district of Paeonia, on the Axius river in Macedonia, was believed to have derived its name.[3]

Map of Paeon

Notes

1. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 5.1.4
2. Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Naxos
3. Smith "Paeon" 3.

References

• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Smith, William, A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. London. Online at Perseus
• Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.

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