In Greek mythology, Thoön (Ancient Greek: Θόων Thóōn)[1] is a name that refers to:
- Thoon, one of the Gigantes (also called Thoas), who, together with Agrios, was clubbed to death by the Moirai during the Gigantomachy.[2]
- Thoon, one of the Trojans, son of Phaenops and twin brother of Xanthus. He and his brother were killed by Diomedes.[3]
- Thoon, another Trojan, who was killed by Antilochus during the attack on the Achaean wall.[4]
- Thoon, a Lycian ally of the Trojans who followed their leader, Sarpedon, to fight in the Trojan War. He was slain by the Greek hero Odysseus during the siege of Troy.[5]
- Thoon, one of the Phaeacians, a participant in the games in honor of Odysseus.[6]
- Thoon, one of the warriors in Dionysus' army during his Indian campaign. He died at the hands of Corymbasus (Κορύμβασος).[7]
- Thoon, son of Icarius of Sparta and Asterodia, daughter of Eurypylus.[8] He was the brother of Amasichus, Phalereus, Pheremmelias, Perilaos and Laodice[9] or Laodamia.[10]
See also[edit]
- Naming citation for Jovian asteroid 34746 Thoon
Notes[edit]
- ^ Georg Autenrieth, A Homeric Dictionary, s.v. Θόων.
- ^ Smith, s.v. Thoon; Apollodorus, 1.6.2
- ^ Homer, Iliad 5.152
- ^ Homer, Iliad 12.140 & 13.545
- ^ Homer, Iliad 11.422; Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.259
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 8.113
- ^ Nonnus, 28.112
- ^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 15.16
- ^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 1.275 & 277
- ^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey, 4. 797
References[edit]
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. ISBN 978-0674995611. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940-1942. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.