Metion

In Greek mythology, Metion (/ˈmiːʃən/; Ancient Greek: Μητίων, gen. Μητίονος, romanized: Mētīōn, lit. 'the planner', 'he of counsel' or 'mastermind') was an Athenian prince as the son of King Erechtheus and Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus and Diogeneia.

Family

Metion was the brother of Cecrops, Pandorus, Protogeneia, Pandora, Creusa, Procris, Oreithyia and Chthonia. His other possible siblings were Merope, Orneus, Thespius, Eupalamus and Sicyon.

In some accounts, Metion's father was Eupalamus, son of Erechtheus, instead. He had sons known collectively as the Metionadae which probably include Eupalamus, Sicyon, and Daedalus (his son by Iphinoe). These mentioned sons are sometimes credited with other parentages.

Mythology

The Metionids later drove King Pandion II out of Athens into exile. These usurping sons were in turn overthrown by the sons of Pandion: Aegeus, Nisus, Lycus and Pallas.

Notes

  1. ↑ The name is derived from the root word mêtis (μήτις), which means wisdom, skill, craft, or cunning intelligence.
  2. ↑ Apollodorus, 3.15.1
  3. ↑ Suda s.v. Maidens, Virgins (Παρθένοι)
  4. ↑ Plutarch, Theseus 19.5
  5. ↑ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.25.6; Plutarch, Theseus 32.1; Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Orneiai
  6. ↑ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.29.2
  7. ↑ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.76.1
  8. ↑ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.6.5, citing Hesiod (Ehoiai fr. 224) for Erechtheus
  9. ↑ Apollodorus, 3.15.8.
  10. ↑ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.6.5, citing Asius of Samos for Metion
  11. ↑ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.76.1; Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 7.4.5; Plato, Ion 533a; Scholia on Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 472
  12. ↑ Scholia on Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 468
  13. ↑ Apollodorus, 3.15.5; Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 1.5.3
  14. ↑ Apollodorus, 3.15.6; Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 1.5.4

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