Editing Cedalion (section)

{{Short description|Character in Greek mythology}}
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[[File:Poussin - Orion aveugle cherchant le soleil, detail.JPG|thumb|200px|Cedalion standing on the shoulders of Orion; detail from ''Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun'' by [[Nicolas Poussin]],  1658, Oil on canvas; 46 7/8 x 72 in. (119.1 x 182.9 cm), [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]]]

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Cedalion''' or '''Kedalion''' ([[Greek language|Classical Greek]] Κηδαλίων) was a servant of [[Hephaestus]] in [[Lemnos]]. According to one tradition, he was Hephaestus's tutor, with whom [[Hera]] fostered her son on [[Naxos Island|Naxos]] to teach him smithcraft.<ref>[[Eustathius of Thessalonica]], first note on Ξ, 294; Kerenyi, ''Gods of the Greeks'', p. 156 says it is also supported by [[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]] on Aeneid 10.763; there are several variant texts of Servius.</ref>  Kerenyi compares him to the [[Cabeiri]], to [[Chiron]], and to [[Prometheus]].<ref>Kerenyi, ''The Gods of the Greeks'' 1951:156, 177, 283.</ref>