Editing Pandion II

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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Pandion II''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|æ|n|d|i|ə|n}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|æ|n|d|i|ɒ|n}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Πανδίων) was a legendary [[List of kings of Athens|King of Athens]], the son and heir of King [[Cecrops II]] and his wife [[Metiadusa]], daughter of [[Eupalamus]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.15.5 3.15.5]</ref>

== Family ==
Pandion was the father of [[Aegeus]], [[Pallas (son of Pandion)|Pallas]], [[Nisos]], [[Lycus (son of Pandion II)|Lycus]]<ref>Harding, [https://books.google.com/books?id=KH4T9CBXwEEC&pg=PA48 pp. 48–50]; Gantz, pp. 247–248; Smith, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aentry%3Dpandion-bio-5 "Pandion 5."]; [[Herodotus]] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hdt.+1.173 1.173], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hdt.+7.92 7.92]; Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.15.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Pandion 3.15.5]; [[Strabo]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Strab.+9.1.6 9.6.1]; [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.5.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Pandion 1.5.3], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+4.1.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Pandion 4.1.6–9] & [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+4.2.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Pandion 4.2.6]</ref> and the wife of [[Sciron]]<ref>Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.1.39.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Pandion 1.39.6]</ref> by [[Pylia (mythology)|Pylia]], daughter of King [[Pylas]] of [[Megara]].

== 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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==See also==
*[[Sanctuary of Pandion]]

==Notes==
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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].
* Gantz, Timothy, ''Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources'', Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, Two volumes: {{ISBN|978-0-8018-5360-9}} (Vol. 1), {{ISBN|978-0-8018-5362-3}} (Vol. 2).
*{{cite book |last=Graves |first=R |authorlink=Robert Graves |title=The Greek Myths |year=1955 |publisher=Penguin |location=London |isbn=0-14-001026-2 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/greekmythsvolume00robe/page/320 320–23] |chapter=The Sons of Pandion |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/greekmythsvolume00robe/page/320 }}
* Harding, Phillip, ''The Story of Athens: The Fragments of the Local Chronicles of Attika'', Routledge, 2007. {{ISBN|9781134304479}}.
* [[Herodotus]]; [[The Histories of Herodotus|''Histories'']], [[A. D. Godley]] (translator), Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1920; {{ISBN|0674991338}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Hdt.+1.1.0 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
* Kearns, Emily, ''The Heroes of Attica (Bulletin Supplement 57)'', University of London Institute of Classical Studies 1989. {{ISBN|978-0900587603}}.
* [[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].
* [[William Smith (lexicographer)|Smith, William]]; ''[[A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities]]''. William Smith, LLD. William Wayte. G. E. Marindin. Albemarle Street, London. John Murray. 1890. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3atext%3a1999.04.0063 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Strabo]], ''The Geography of Strabo.'' Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0198%3Abook%3D6%3Achapter%3D1%3Asection%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
*Strabo, ''Geographica'' edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0197 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]

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