In
Greek mythology, the name
Presbon (
Ancient Greek: Πρέσβων "elder, senior") may refer to:
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Presbon, a son of Phrixus and Chalciope (Iophassa
[Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 2.1122]), daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis, mentioned in few sources, and never enumerated alongside his brothers Phrixus, Phrontis, Melas and Cytisorus. Upon return from Colchis to Boeotia, he received his grandfather Athamas' kingdom back from the latter's adoptive heirs Haliartus and Coronus.[Pausanias, 9.34.8] The kingdom further passed over to his son Clymenus.[Pausanias, 9.37.1]
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Presbon, a son of Minyas and Clytodora.
[Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 1.230]
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Presbon, father of Aspledon (Aspledon) by Sterope.
[Scholia on Homer, Iliad 2.511; Etymologicum Magnum 157.32]
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Presbon, the young son of Clymenus (Periclymenus), whom Harpalyce killed and served to Clymenus as a meal in revenge for the rape.
[Scholia on Homer, Iliad 14.291]
Notes
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Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
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Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
