In Greek mythology, the name Chalcon () may refer to:
Chalcon, one of the Telchines.Eustathius ad Iliad p. 772 Chalcon, a Myrmidonian, father of Bathycles who was killed by Glaucus in the Trojan War.Homer, Iliad 16.595 Chalcon, father of a daughter Antiochis who, in one version, married Polybus of Corinth.Scholia on Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 775 Chalcon, son of Metion and possible father of the Euboean Abas.Scholia on Iliad 2.536 Chalcon of Cyparissia, charioteer, shield-bearer and tutor of Antilochus. During the Trojan War, he fell in love with Penthesilea and was killed by Achilles upon coming to her aid.Ptolemy Hephaestion, New History 1 in Photius, Myrobiblion 190; Eustathius on Homer, 1697.54 Chalcon occasionally refers to characters otherwise known under the name Chalcodon, including: Chalcon of Cos, a Coan prince as the son of King Eurypylus and Clytie.Hesiod, Ehoiai 43a.84(60); Theocritus, Idyll 7.6 with scholia He was the brother of Chalciope and Antagoras.Apollodorus, 2.7.1 Chalcon succeeded his father to the throne of Cos.Theocritus, Idyll 7.6 with scholia Chalcon, a suitor of Hippodamia.Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 1.73 (114) & 81 (127)
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