Editing Pandion II (section)

== Mythology ==
Pandion II was the eighth king of Athens in the traditional line of succession as given by the third century BC [[Parian Chronicle]], the chronographer [[Castor of Rhodes]] (probably from the late third-century [[Eratosthenes]]) and the ''[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Bibliotheca]]''.<ref>Harding, pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=KH4T9CBXwEEC&pg=PA14 14], [https://books.google.com/books?id=KH4T9CBXwEEC&pg=PA42 42–50];  Gantz, pp. 234–235, 247;  Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.14.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=throne 3.14.5–3.15.5]</ref> He was preceded by [[Cecrops I]], [[Cranaus]], [[Amphictyon]], [[Erichthonius of Athens|Erichthonius]], [[Pandion I]], [[Erechtheus]], and [[Cecrops II]], and succeeded by [[Aegeus]] and [[Theseus]]. Castor gives his reign as 25 years (1307/6&ndash;1282/1).<ref>Harding, [https://books.google.com/books?id=KH4T9CBXwEEC&pg=PA48 p. 48]</ref> Originally there may have been a single Pandion, and either Pandion I or Pandion II may have been a later invention in order to fill a gap in the mythical history of Athens.<ref>According to Kearns, p. 192, "originally there was only one Pandion"; but see Gantz, p. 235. Harding, [https://books.google.com/books?id=KH4T9CBXwEEC&pg=PA42 p. 42] says: "It is usual to believe that one or the other of the two was invented for the purpose of fixing the chronographic calculations".</ref> [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] calls this Pandion the father of [[Procne]] and [[Philomela]], usually considered to be the daughters of [[Pandion I]].<ref>Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.5.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Pandion 1.5.4]</ref>

Pandion was exiled from [[Athens]] by the sons of his uncle [[Metion]] who sought to put Metion on the throne. Pandion fled to [[Megara]] where he married Pylia, daughter of King Pylas. Later, Pylas went into voluntary exile to [[Messenia]], because he had killed his uncle, [[Bias (mythology)|Bias]]. Pylas then arranged for his son-in-law to be king of Megara. Pylia bore Pandion his four sons. When Pandion died at Megara, Nisos succeeded him as king. He had a hero shrine at Megara at the Bluff of Athene the Diver-bird. After this death, his other sons returned to Athens and drove out the sons of [[Metion]], putting Aegeus on the throne.

Either Pandion II or Pandion I was usually identified with [[Pandion (hero)|Pandion]], the eponymous hero of the [[Attic]] tribe Pandionis.

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