Editing Echion

{{Short description|Name in Greek mythology}}
In [[Greek mythology]], the name '''Echion''' {{IPAc-en|E|'|k|ai|Q|n}} ([[Ancient Greek]]: Ἐχῑ́ων (''gen''.: Ἐχίονος), derivative of ἔχις ''echis'' "viper"<ref>[[Robert Graves]]. ''[[The Greek Myths]] (1960)''</ref>) referred to five different beings:

*Echion, one of the [[Gigantes]], known for great strength (though not necessarily great size) and having an ability to change the course or direction of winds.<ref>[[Claudian]], ''Gigantomachy'' [https://archive.org/details/claudia02clau?view=theater#page/286/mode/2up 104 (pp. 288-289)]</ref><ref>[[Bane, Theresa]], ''Encyclopedia of Giants and Humanoids in Myth, Legend and Folklore'' 63.</ref><ref>Aken, Dr. A.R.A. van. (1961). ''Elseviers Mythologische Encyclopedie''. Amsterdam: Elsevier.</ref><ref>Bartelink, Dr. G.J.M. (1988). ''Prisma van de mythologie''. Utrecht: Het Spectrum.</ref>
*Echion, one of the surviving ''[[Spartoi]]'', the "sown men" that sprang up from the dragon's teeth sown by [[Cadmus]], the other four Spartoi were [[Chthonius]], [[Hyperenor]], [[Pelorus (mythology)|Pelorus]], and [[Udaeus (mythology)|Udaeus]].<ref>[[Scholia]] ad [[Euripides]], ''[[The Phoenician Women|Phoenissae]]'' [https://archive.org/details/scholiaineuripi00schwgoog/page/n358/mode/1up?view=theater 670], ad [[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]], 3.1179-1187; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.4.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Echion 3.4.1]; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#178 178]; [[Pseudo-Scymnus|Pseudo-Scymnos]], ''Circuit de la terre'' [https://topostext.org/work/130#587 587 ff.]; [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]], ''Chiliades'' [https://topostext.org/work/617#10.43 10.438-439]</ref> Echion was principally known for his skill in battle and bravery;<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 3.126</ref> "it was Echion who, for his great valor, was preferred by Cadmus to be his son-in-law":<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+9.5.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Echion 9.5.3]</ref> Echion was father of [[Pentheus]]<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.5.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Echion 3.5.2]; Pausanias, 9.5.4; [[Pseudo-Oppian|Oppian]], ''Cygenetica'' [https://topostext.org/work/525#4.23 4.243]</ref> and [[Epirus (mythology)|Epeiros]]<ref>[[Parthenius of Nicaea|Parthenius]], [https://topostext.org/work/550#32 32]</ref> by [[Agave (daughter of Cadmus)|Agave]].<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.4.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Echion 3.5.2]</ref> He was credited to be the founder of the [[Malian Gulf|Malian]] city of [[Echinus (Thessaly)|Echinos]].<ref>Pseudo-Scymnos, ''Circuit de la terre'' [https://topostext.org/work/130#587 587 ff.]; [[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. ''[https://topostext.org/work/241#E292.16 Echinos]''</ref> Also, Echion was said to have dedicated a temple of [[Cybele]] in [[Boeotia]], and to have assisted Cadmus in the building of [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]].<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 10.686</ref>
*Echion of [[Alope (Thessaly)|Alope]], son of [[Hermes]]<ref>Apollonius Rhodius, [https://topostext.org/work/126#1.51 1.51-52]; [[Pindar]], ''Pythian Odes'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Pind.+P.+4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0162:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Echion 4.179]</ref> and [[Antianeira (daughter of Menetes)|Antianeira]]  (daughter of [[Menetus (mythology)|Menetus]])<ref>Apollonius Rhodius, [https://topostext.org/work/126#1.51 1.56]; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#14 14] & [https://topostext.org/work/206#160 160]</ref> or [[Laothoe]], and brother of [[Eurytus|Erytus]].<ref>Apollonius Rhodius, [https://topostext.org/work/126#1.51 1.51-52]</ref> Together with the latter and stepbrother, [[Aethalides (Argonaut)|Aethalides]], they participated in the quest of the [[Argonauts]].<ref>Pindar, ''Pythian Odes'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Pind.+P.+4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0162:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Echion 4.179]; Apollonius Rhodius, [https://topostext.org/work/126#1.51 1.52-54]; Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#14 14]</ref> Echion and his brother were described as ''“well skilled in craftiness”''<ref>Apollonius Rhodius, [https://topostext.org/work/126#1.51 1.52]</ref> which signified the ability they possess as children of the thief-god. Also, he participated in the [[Calydonian boar hunt]], according to Hyginus<ref>''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#173 173]</ref> and [[Ovid]].<ref>''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 8.311</ref> 
*Echion, son of [[Portheus]] and one of the [[Achaeans (Homer)|Greeks]] who fought at the [[Trojan War]]. He was also one of the men hidden in the [[Trojan horse]] and was killed. The doomed Greek is a "tough but battle weary warrior, plagued by phantasms of his death".<ref>Apollodorus, E.5.20 ff.</ref><ref>Peter Carey: A Literary Companion 73</ref>
*Echion, one of the [[Suitors of Penelope|suitors]] who came with 53 others from [[Dulichium]] to compete for [[Penelope]].<ref>Apollodorus, E.7.26–27</ref> He, with the other suitors, was shot dead by [[Odysseus]] with the help of [[Eumaeus]], [[Philoetius (Odyssey)|Philoetius]], and [[Telemachus]].<ref>Apollodorus, E.7.33</ref>

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== References ==
* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]], ''Argonautica'' translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. [https://topostext.org/work/126 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
*Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica''. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0227 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[[Claudian|Claudius Claudianus]], ''Battle of the Giants from Carmina Minora'' translated by Platnauer, Maurice. Loeb Classical Library Volumes 135 & 136. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1922.  [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Claudian/Carmina_Minora*/52.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Robert Graves|Graves, Robert]], ''The Greek Myths'', Harmondsworth, London, England, Penguin Books, 1960. {{ISBN|978-0143106715}}
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|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. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Ovid|Publius Ovidius Naso]], ''Metamorphoses'' translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0028 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Metamorphoses.'' Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0029 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Stephanus of Byzantium]], ''Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt,'' edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. [https://topostext.org/work/241 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]

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