Echion, one of the
Gigantes, known for great strength (though not necessarily great size) and having an ability to change the course or direction of winds.[2][3]
Echion, one of the surviving Spartoi, the "sown men" that sprang up from the dragon's teeth sown by
Cadmus, and principally known for skill in battle and bravery;[4] "it was Echion who, for his great valor, was preferred by Cadmus to be his son-in-law":[5] Echion was father of
Pentheus and
Epeiros by
Agave. He was credited to be the founder of the
Malian city of
Echinos.[6]
Echion, son of
Portheus and one of the
Greeks who fought at the
Trojan War. He was also one of the men hidden in the
Trojan horse and was killed. The doomed Greek is a "tough but battle weary warrior, plagued by phantasms of his death".[9][10]
Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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.
Echion, one of the
Gigantes, known for great strength (though not necessarily great size) and having an ability to change the course or direction of winds.[2][3]
Echion, one of the surviving Spartoi, the "sown men" that sprang up from the dragon's teeth sown by
Cadmus, and principally known for skill in battle and bravery;[4] "it was Echion who, for his great valor, was preferred by Cadmus to be his son-in-law":[5] Echion was father of
Pentheus and
Epeiros by
Agave. He was credited to be the founder of the
Malian city of
Echinos.[6]
Echion, son of
Portheus and one of the
Greeks who fought at the
Trojan War. He was also one of the men hidden in the
Trojan horse and was killed. The doomed Greek is a "tough but battle weary warrior, plagued by phantasms of his death".[9][10]
Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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.