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

• 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.
• Dictys Cretensis, from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• 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. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. . Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• 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. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Iliad translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015.

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