Caucon, an
Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King
Lycaon either by the
naiadCyllene,[1]Nonacris[2] or by unknown woman.[3] He was an ancestral hero and
eponym of the
Caucones that were believed to have settled in
Triphylia.[4] His tomb was shown at
Lepreus,[5] with a statue of a man with a
lyre standing over it.[6] Other traditions made him son of
Poseidon and father of
Lepreus by
Astydameia.[7] Caucon and his brothers were the most nefarious and carefree of all people. To test them,
Zeus visited them in the form of a peasant. These brothers mixed the entrails of a child into the god's meal, whereupon the enraged Zeus threw the meal over the table. Caucon was killed, along with his brothers and their father, by a lightning bolt of the god.[8]
Caucon, son of
Celaenus and grandson of the
autochthon Phlyus, from
Eleusis. He was said to have brought the rites of the Great Goddesses from Eleusis to
Andania in
Messene.[9] Legend had it that he appeared to
Epaminondas in a dream, prophesying him success in restoration of the Messenian state;[10] the Messenian allies of Epaminondas offered sacrifices to Caucon.[11]
Claudius Aelianus, Claudii Aeliani de natura animalium libri xvii, varia historia, epistolae, fragmenta, Vol 2. Rudolf Hercher. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1866.
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Caucon, an
Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King
Lycaon either by the
naiadCyllene,[1]Nonacris[2] or by unknown woman.[3] He was an ancestral hero and
eponym of the
Caucones that were believed to have settled in
Triphylia.[4] His tomb was shown at
Lepreus,[5] with a statue of a man with a
lyre standing over it.[6] Other traditions made him son of
Poseidon and father of
Lepreus by
Astydameia.[7] Caucon and his brothers were the most nefarious and carefree of all people. To test them,
Zeus visited them in the form of a peasant. These brothers mixed the entrails of a child into the god's meal, whereupon the enraged Zeus threw the meal over the table. Caucon was killed, along with his brothers and their father, by a lightning bolt of the god.[8]
Caucon, son of
Celaenus and grandson of the
autochthon Phlyus, from
Eleusis. He was said to have brought the rites of the Great Goddesses from Eleusis to
Andania in
Messene.[9] Legend had it that he appeared to
Epaminondas in a dream, prophesying him success in restoration of the Messenian state;[10] the Messenian allies of Epaminondas offered sacrifices to Caucon.[11]
Claudius Aelianus, Claudii Aeliani de natura animalium libri xvii, varia historia, epistolae, fragmenta, Vol 2. Rudolf Hercher. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1866.
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.