List of people named Alcon from classical myth
The name Alcon (/ˈælkɒn/; Ancient Greek: Ἄλκων) or Alco can refer to a number of people from classical myth:
- Alcon, a Laconian prince as the son of King
- Alcon, a son of
- Alcon, son of Abas, king of the Abantes in Euboea and thus, brother to Arethousa and Dias.[6] He may also be a brother to Canethus[7] and Chalcodon,[8] father of Elephenor.
- Alcon, a son of Hyginus.[9]
- Another Alcon is mentioned by Ovid as a craftsman who made a wonderful mixing bowl given to Aeneas by Anius king of Delos.[10]
- Another, otherwise unknown personage, of the same name occurs in Cicero.[11]
Notes
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.5; Hyginus, Fabulae 173; Pausanias, 3.14.7 & 3.15.3
- ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Alcon". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
- ^ Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 1.97; Hyginus, Fabulae 14
- Valerius Flaccus, 1.399
- ^ Virgil, Eclogues 5.11
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Athēnai
- ^ Apollonius, 1.77
- ^ Eustathius on Homer, Iliad 281.43
- ^ Parada, s.v. Alcon 4; Hyginus, Fabulae 173
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.683; cf. Athenaeus 11.469a.
- ^ Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3.21
References
- 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at theio.com.
- Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonauticon. Otto Kramer. Leipzig. Teubner. 1913. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, Nature of the Gods from the Treatises of M.T. Cicero translated by Charles Duke Yonge (1812-1891), Bohn edition of 1878. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Natura Deorum. O. Plasberg. Leipzig. Teubner. 1917. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Parada, Carlos, Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology, Jonsered, Paul Åströms Förlag, 1993. ISBN 978-91-7081-062-6.
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Vergilius Maro, Eclogues. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1895. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics of Vergil. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Alcon". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.