In Greek mythology Philonis () was an Attican daughter of DaedalionHyginus, Fabulae 200 or of Eosphoros and Cleoboea,Conon, 7 from Thoricus. In some accounts, King Deion of Phocus was also called the father of PhilonisHesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 64.15–18 (Merkelbach & West, p. 41). making her one of the Aeolids, her mother was probably Diomede, daughter of Xuthus. She was the mother of Philammon and Autolycus by Apollo and Hermes, respectively.Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 64 (Merkelbach & West, p. 41). In some accounts, the mother of Philammon was called Chione,Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.301 Leuconoe,Hyginus, Fabulae 161 or Telauge.Eustathius ad Homer, p. 804
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