Thoön (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Thoön (Ancient Greek: Θόων Thóōn)Georg Autenrieth, A Homeric Dictionary, s.v. Θόων. is a name that refers to: Thoon, one of the Gigantes (also called Thoas), who, together with Agrios, was clubbed to death by the Moirai during the Gigantomachy.Smith, s.v. Thoon; Apollodorus, 1.6.2 Thoon, one of the Trojans, son of Phaenops and twin brother of Xanthus. He and his brother were killed by Diomedes.Homer, Iliad 5.152 Thoon, another Trojan, who was killed by Antilochus during the attack on the Achaean wall.Homer, Iliad 12.140 & 13.545 Thoon, a Lycian ally of the Trojans who followed their leader, Sarpedon, to fight in the Trojan War. He was slain by the Greek hero Odysseus during the siege of Troy.Homer, Iliad 11.422; Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.259 Thoon, one of the Phaeacians, a participant in the games in honor of Odysseus.Homer, Odyssey 8.113 Thoon, one of the warriors in Dionysus' army during his Indian campaign. He died at the hands of Corymbasus (Κορύμβασος).Nonnus, 28.112 Thoon, son of Icarius of Sparta and Asterodia, daughter of Eurypylus.Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 15.16 He was the brother of Amasichus, Phalereus, Pheremmelias, Perilaos and LaodiceScholia on Homer, Odyssey 1.275 & 277 or Laodamia.Scholia on Homer, Odyssey, 4. 797

See also for Jovian asteroid 34746 Thoon

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