Paeon (father of Agastrophus) explained

Paeon or Paion (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[wikt:Παίων|Παίων]], gen.: Παίονος) in Greek mythology was a Paionian mentioned in the Iliad of Homer as the father of the warrior Agastrophus, slain by Diomedes, while fighting on the side of Troy in the Trojan War.^[1] He is presumably the same as the Paeon mentioned in Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica as the father by Cleomede of Laophoon, a companion of Asteropaios slain by Meriones.^[2]

References

• Connor, Peter, "Paeon" in Gods, Goddeses, and Mythology, Volume 8, editor, C. Scott Littleton, Marshall Cavendish, 2005.
• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Parada, Carlos, Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology, Jonsered, Paul Åströms Förlag, 1993. .
• Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Trojan Epic: Posthomerica, JHU Press, 2007. .

Notes and References

1. Homer, Iliad 11.339, 11.368.
2. Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica p. 112, 6.549 - 555; Parada, "Paeon 1." p. 135; Connor, "Paeon" p. 1096.