In
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories conc ...
, Cercyon () was the name of the following two figures:
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Cercyon
In Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mytholog ...
, malefactor who was killed by Theseus.
* Cercyon, son of
Agamedes
In Greek mythology, Agamedes (, ''Agamēdēs'') was a son of Erginus (or, according to some traditions, the son of Stymphalus and grandson of Arcas).
Family
Agamedes was father of Cercyon by Epicaste, who also brought to him a stepson, Tropho ...
and father of
Hippothous
In Greek mythology, Hippothous (, meaning "swift-riding") is the name of seven men:
* Hippothous, an Egyptian prince as one of the sons of King Aegyptus.Apollodorus, 2.1.5. He suffered the same fate as his other brothers, save Lynceus, when they ...
according to
Pausanias.
[ Pausanias]
8.5.48.45.78.53.6
Notes
References
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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
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