Palamaon Explained

In Greek mythology, Palamaon (Ancient Greek: Παλαμάων) was the Athenian father of Daedalus, the famous architect of Labyrinth.^[1] The latter was attributed to various parentage: (1) Eupalamus^[2] and Alcippe,^[3] (2) Metion^[4] and Iphinoe,^[5] (3) Phrasmede^[6] or (4) Merope, daughter of King Erechtheus.^[7]

Notes

1. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
2. [Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]
3. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
4. [Diodorus Siculus]
5. Scholia on Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 468, 472
6. Scholia on Plato, The Republic p. 529
7. [Plutarch]

References

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• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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• Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
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