Echion

Ĕchīon, ŏnis, m.

• One of the heroes who sprang up from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus; the husband of Agave and father of Pentheus, Ov. M. 3, 126; 10, 686; Stat. Th. 4, 569; Hyg. Fab. 178.—Hence: Echione natus, for Pentheus, Ov. M. 3, 526.—
• • B Derivv.
  • • 1 Echīŏnĭdes, ae, m., the son of Echion, i.e. Pentheus, Ov. M. 3, 513 and 701.—
    • 2 Echīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., meton. for Cadmean or Theban: hydrus, i.e. killed by Cadmus, Val. Fl. 8, 343: dens, id. 7, 554: aula, id. 7, 301; cf. arces, Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 53: nomen, Verg. A. 12, 515; cf. plebs, Stat. Th. 1, 169: Bacchus, Pall. Insit. 45.—
• II A son of Mercury, an Argonaut, and a sharer in the Calydonian hunt, Ov. M. 8, 311; Hyg. Fab. 14.—Hence,
• • B Echīŏ-nĭus, a, um, adj., of Echion: lacerto, Ov. M. 8, 345.—
• III A celebrated Greek painter, Cic. Par. 5, 2, 37; id. Brut. 18, 70.

Echīōn, onis, m. (Ἐχίων), I) einer der übriggebliebenen Sparten (d.i. der bewaffneten Männer, die aus den von Kadmus gesäten Drachenzähnen entsprangen und einander bis auf fünf im Kampfe erschlugen), Vater des Pentheus, Gemahl der Agave, Helfer des Kadmus beim Erbauen Thebens, Ov. met. 3, 126; 10, 686. Stat. Theb. 5, 569. Hyg. fab. 178: dah. Echione natus, v. Pentheus, Ov. met. 3, 526. – Dav.: A) Echīonidēs, ae, m. (Ἐχιονίδης), der Nachkomme Echions, der Echionide, d.i. Pentheus, Ov. met. 3, 513 u. 701. – B) Echīonius, a, um, echionisch, des Echion, u. poet. = kadmëisch, thebanisch, nomen, Sohn des Echion, Verg.: Thebae, Hor.: arces, Ov.: hydrus, von Kadmus erlegt, Val. Flacc. – II) Sohn des Merkur, ein Argonaut, Teilnehmer an der kalydonischen Jagd, Ov. met. 8, 311. Hyg. fab. 14. – Dav. Echīonius, a, um, echionisch, des Echion, lacertus, Ov. met. 8, 345.

1 Ĕchīōn, (15) ŏnis, m. (Ἐχίων), fils de Mercure, un des Argonautes : Ov. M. 8, 311 || le père de Penthée et le compagnon de Cadmus : Ov. M. 3, 126 || -ŏnĭdēs, æ, m. , fils dʼÉchion [Penthée] : Ov. M. 3, 701 || -ŏnĭus, a, um, dʼÉchion : Ov. M. 8, 345 || de Thèbes : Virg. En. 12, 515.

Echi'on

(Ἐχίων).

1. One of the five surviving Spartae that had grown up from the dragon's teeth, which Cadmus had sown. (Apollod. 3.4.1; Hyg. Fab. 178; Ov. Met. 3.126.) He was married to Agave, by whom he became the father of Pentheus. (Apollod. 3.5.2.) He is said to have dedicated a temple of Cybele in Boeotia, and to have assisted Cadmus in the building of Thebes. (Ov. Met. 10.68(6.)

Echi'on

2. A son of Hermes and Antianeira at Alope. (Hyg. Fab. 14; Apollon. 1.56.) He was a twin-brother of Erytus or Eurytus, together with whom he took part in the Calydonian hunt, and in the expedition of the Argonauts, in which, as the son of Hermes, he acted the part of a cunning spy. (Pind. P. 4.179); Ov. Met. 8.311; comp. Orph. Argon. 134, where his mother is called Laothoe.) A third personage of this name, one of the giants, is mentioned by Claudian. (Gigant. 104.) [L.S]

Echi'on

a painter and statuary, who flourished in the 107th Olympiad (B. C. 352). His most noted pictures were the following: Father Liber; Tragedy and Comedy; Semiramis passing from the state of a handmaid to that of a queen, with an old woman carrying torches before her; in this picture the modesty of the new bride was admirably depicted. He is ranked by Pliny and Cicero with the greatest painters of Greece, Apelles, Melanthius, and Nicomachus. (Plin. Nat. 34.8. s. 19; 35.7. s. 32; 10. s. 36.9.) The picture in the Vatican, known as "the Aldobrandini Marriage," is supposed by some to be a copy from the " Bride" of Echion. (Kugler, Handbuch d. Kunstgesch. p. 236; Müller, Arch. d. Kunst, § 1403.) Hirt supposes that the name of the painter of Alexander's marriage, whom Lucian praises so highly, Aetion, is a corruption of Echion. (Gesch. d. Bild. Künste, pp. 265-268.) [P.S]

Echīon

(Ἐχίων). (1) One of the heroes who sprang from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus. (See Sparti.) He was the husband of Agavé and father of Pentheus, who is hence called Echionides.

(2) Son of Hermes and Antianira; took part in the Calydonian hunt and in the expedition of the Argonauts.

(3) A distinguished Greek painter who flourished about B.C. 352. One of his pictures, representing Semiramis passing from the state of a handmaid to that of a queen, is supposed by many to be the original of the picture known as the Aldobrandini Marriage discovered at Rome in 1606 and now in the Vatican. See Woltmann and Woermann, Hist. of Painting, i. p. 115 (1880).

Echion Echion, one of the Sparti

• son-in-law of Cadmus: Paus. 9.5.3, Apollod. 3.4.2
• father of Pentheus: Paus. 9.2.4, Apollod. 3.5.2
• husband of Agave: Apollod. 3.4.2, Apollod. 3.5.2

Echion(2), son of Portheus

• killed by leaping from the Wooden Horse: Apollod. E.5.19

Echion(3), suitor of Penelope

• Apollod. E.7.25