Methone Explained

Methone (Greek: Greek, Modern (1453-);: Μεθώνη) may refer to:

• Methone (butterfly), a monotypic genus of metalmark butterflies
• Methone (moon), a small moon of Saturn, discovered in 2004
• Methone (Greek myth), one of the Alkyonides, daughters of the giant Alkyoneus
• Dimedone, an organic molecule

Geography

• Methana, also known as Methone, a town in ancient Argolis or modern Attica, Greece
• Methone (Messenia), a town in ancient Messenia, Greece
  • Methoni, Messenia, the modern town nearby
• Methone (Thessaly), a town in ancient Thessaly, Greece
• Methone (Thrace), a town in ancient Thrace, Greece
  • Methoni, Pieria, the modern town nearby

See also

• Meton of Athens, an ancient Greek astronomer.
• Metonic cycle, a 19 year cycle of lunar event