In Greek mythology, Paean (Ancient Greek: Παιάν), Paeëon or Paieon (Ancient Greek: Παιήων), or Paeon or Paion (Ancient Greek: Παιών) may refer to the following characters:

Paean (god), the physician of the Greek gods. Paeon (father of Agastrophus), the father of Agastrophus in Homer's Iliad, and the husband of Cleomede and father of Laophoon in Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica.Homer, Iliad 11.339 &368Quintus Smyrnaeus, p. 112, 6.549–555; Parada, "Paeon 1." p. 135; Connor, "Paeon" p. 1096. Paeon (son of Antilochus), a lord of Messenia, from whom the Attic clan and deme of Paeonidae or Paionidai is supposed to have derived its name.Pausanias, 2.18.7–9 Paeon (son of Endymion), from whom the district of Paionia was believed to have derived its name.Pausanias, 5.1; Smith "Paeon" 3 Paeon (son of Poseidon), the son of Helle and Poseidon; in some legends he was called Edonus.Pseudo-Eratosthenes, Catasterismi 19; Hyginus, Poeticon astronomicon 2.20; Smith, "Paeon 1" Paeon, son of Ares and father of Biston.Etymologicum Magnum 197.59 s.v. Bistoniē Paean, an epithet for the Greek god Apollo. Paean, an epithet for the Greek healer-god Asclepius.Eustathius of Thessalonica on Homer, 1494; Virgil, Aeneid 7.769

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