Pandion
- A king of Athens, father of Progne and Philomela, Hyg. Fab. 48; Ov. M. 6, 426; 676: Pandionis populus, i.e. the Athenians, Lucr. 6, 1143: Pandione nata, i.e. Progne, Ov. M. 6, 634.—Transf., for the nightingale, Ov. P. 1, 3, 39: Cecropiae Pandionis arces, Mart. 1, 26, 3.—Hence,
- B Pandīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., Pandionian: Pandioniae Athenae, Ov. M. 15, 430: Pandionia Orithyia, the sister of Pandion, Prop. 1, 20, 31: res Pandioniae, the Athenian state, Claud. IV. Cons. Honor. 506: arces, the citadel of Athens, id. Rapt. Pros. 2, 19; also called mons, Stat. Th. 2, 720: volucres, the nightingale and the swallow, Sen. Octav. 8: cavea, the Athenian theatre, Sid. Carm. 23, 137.—
- II A son of Jupiter and Luna, Hyg. Fab. praef.
(Πανδίων).
1. A son of Aegyptus and Hephaestine. (Apollod. 2.1.5.)
2. A son of Phineus and Cleopatra. (Apollod. 3.15.3; Schol. ad Soph. Ant. 980; comp. Phineus.)
3. One of the companions of Teucer. (Hom. Il. 12.372.)
4. A son of Erichthonius, the king of Athens, by the Naiad Pasithea, was married to Zeuxippe, by whom he became the father of Procne and Philomela, and of the twins Erechtheus and Butes. In a war against Labdacus, king of Thebes, he called upon Tereus of Daulis in Phocis, for assistance, and afterwards rewarded him by giving him his daughter Procne in marriage. It was in his reign that Dionysus and Demeter were said to have come to Attica. (Apollod. 3.14.6, &c.; Paus. 1.5.3; Thuc. 2.29.)
5. A son of Cecrops and Metiadusa, was likewise a king of Athens. Being expelled from Athens by the Metionidae, he fled to Megara, and there married Pylia, the daughter of king Pylas. When the latter, in consequence of a murder, emigrated into Peloponnesus, Pandion obtained the government of Megara. He became the father of Aegeus, Pallas, Nisus, Lycus, and a natural son, Oeneus, and also of a daughter, who was married to Sciron (Apollod. 3.15.1, &c.; Paus. 1.5.2, 29.5; Eur. Med. 660). His tomb was shown in the territory of Megara, near the rock of Athena Aethyia, on the sea-coast (Paus. 1.5.3), and at Megara he was honoured with an heroum (1.41.6). A statue of him stood at Athens, on the acropolis, among those of the eponymic heroes (1.5.3, &c.). [L.S]
PANDION a headland in the south-west of Caria, opposite the island of Syme. (Pomp. Mela, 1.16.) Pliny (Plin. Nat. 5.29) mentions on the same spot a small town Paridlon, or according to another reading Parydon.
[L.S](Πανδίων). (1) The son of Erichthonius, father of Procné, Philomela, Butes, and Erechtheus (q.v.).
(2) Son of Cecrops and Metiadusa, grandson of Erechtheus, king of Athens. Driven into exile by the sons of his brother Metion, he went to Megara, where he married Pylia, the daughter of King Pylas, and inherited the kingdom. His sons, Aegeus, Lycus , Pallas, and Nisus (known as the Pandionĭdae), regained Attica from the Metionidae, and the first three shared it among themselves, while Nisus (q.v.) received Megara.
- husband of Callidice: Apollod. 2.1.5
- king of Athens: Apollod. 3.14.6, Apollod. 3.14.6
- in his time Demeter and Dionysus come to Attica: Apollod. 3.10.24, Apollod. 3.14.7
- marries his mother's sister: Apollod. 3.14.7
- father of Procne and Philomela: Apollod. 3.14.7
- at war with Labdacus, calls in the help of Tereus: Apollod. 3.14.7
- gives Procne in marriage to Tereus: Apollod. 3.14.7
- succeeded by his sons Erechtheus and Butes: Apollod. 3.14.8
- two kings of Athens called Pandion, one of them the son of Erichthonius, the other the son of CecropsII: Paus. 1.5.3
- one of them eponymous hero of Athenian tribe: Paus. 1.5.3, Paus. 10.10.1
- blinded by his father: Apollod. 3.15.2
- king of Athens: Apollod. 3.15.4
- a legendary Athenian, father of Lycus the hero of the Lycians: Hdt. 1.173
- Pandion, son of Cecrops, expelled by Metionids, goes to Megara: Apollod. 3.15.5, Paus. 1.5.3
- goes to Megara, marries the king's daughter, and becomes king of Megara: Apollod. 3.15.5
- father of Cecrops: Paus. 9.33.1, of Lycus: Paus. 1.19.3, of Oeneus: Paus. 1.5.2
- father of Nisus: Paus. 1.39.6
- father of Aegeus, Pallas, Nisus, and Lycus: Apollod. 3.15.5
- his sons march against Athens and expel the Metionids: Apollod. 3.15.5
- unhappy in his daughters: Paus. 1.5.4
- one of his daughters marries Sciron: Paus. 1.39.6
- his tomb near Megara: Paus. 1.5.3, 1. 39. 4
- worshipped at Megara: Paus. 1.41.6
- his shrine: Paus. 1.41.6
- statues at Athens and Delphi: Paus. 1.5.3, 4, Paus. 10.10.1
- two kings of Athens called Pandion, one of them the son of Erichthonius, the other the son of CecropsII: Paus. 1.5.3
- one of them eponymous hero of Athenian tribe: Paus. 1.5.3, Paus. 10.10.1