Coön

Ancient Greek mythology character From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In Greek mythology, Coön (Ancient Greek: Κόων, gen. Κόωνος), also known as Cynon (Κύνων),[1] was the eldest son of Antenor[2] and Theano. Like most of his brothers, he fought and fell in the Trojan War.

Family

Coön was the brother of Crino,[3] Acamas,[4][5] Agenor,[6][7] Antheus,[8] Archelochus,[9][10] Demoleon,[11] Eurymachus,[12] Glaucus,[13] Helicaon,[14] Iphidamas,[15] Laodamas,[16][17] Laodocus,[18] Medon,[19] Polybus,[6][20] and Thersilochus.[19]

Mythology

In the Iliad, he confronted Agamemnon over the body of his brother Iphidamas and wounded the opponent in the arm, but Agamemnon struck back and chopped Coön's head off.[21] The fight between Agamemnon and Coön was depicted on the chest of Cypselus according to Pausanias.[22]

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