Axion, son of
Phegeus of
Psophis in
Arcadia and brother of
Temenus and
Alphesiboea.[1] At the command of their father, Axion together with his brother murdered by treachery their brother-in-law
Alcmaeon and the two then dedicated the necklace of
Harmonia to the god
Apollo in
Delphi. It is said that when the expedition of the Greeks to
Troy took place, Axion and Temenus were the kings in the city that was still called Phegia (former name of Psophis). The people of Psophis assert that the reason why they took no part in the expedition was because their princes had incurred the enmity of the leaders of the
Argives, who were in most cases related by blood to Alcmaeon, and had joined him in his campaign against
Thebes.[1] Later on, the widowed sister, Alphesiboea killed her own brothers in revenge of her husband's death.[2] Otherwise, Apollodorus calls the two sons of Phegeus,
Agenor and
Pronous.[3]
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Axion, son of
Phegeus of
Psophis in
Arcadia and brother of
Temenus and
Alphesiboea.[1] At the command of their father, Axion together with his brother murdered by treachery their brother-in-law
Alcmaeon and the two then dedicated the necklace of
Harmonia to the god
Apollo in
Delphi. It is said that when the expedition of the Greeks to
Troy took place, Axion and Temenus were the kings in the city that was still called Phegia (former name of Psophis). The people of Psophis assert that the reason why they took no part in the expedition was because their princes had incurred the enmity of the leaders of the
Argives, who were in most cases related by blood to Alcmaeon, and had joined him in his campaign against
Thebes.[1] Later on, the widowed sister, Alphesiboea killed her own brothers in revenge of her husband's death.[2] Otherwise, Apollodorus calls the two sons of Phegeus,
Agenor and
Pronous.[3]
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.