In Greek mythology, Molion (Ancient Greek: Μολίων) may refer to the following personages:
Molion, an Oechalian prince as son of King Eurytus and AntiopeApollonius of Rhodes, 1.86 or AntiocheScholiast ad Sophocles, Trachiniae 266 as cited in Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica, The Taking of Oechalia fr. 4 and brother of Clytius and Toxeus. All three were slain by Heracles.Diodorus Siculus, 4.37.5 His other siblings were Iole, Deioneus, Didaeon and Iphitos.Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 79 Molion, a Trojan squire of Thymbraeus, son of the seer Laocoon. He was killed by the hero Odysseus.Homer, Iliad 11.322 Molion, an Achaean warrior who was killed by the Amazon Queen Penthesilia.Quintus Smyrnaeus, 1.227
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