Paeon (son of Endymion)

This article is about the son of Endymion. For other uses, see Paean (disambiguation).

Paeon (Ancient Greek: Παίων, gen.: Παίονος) in Greek mythology was a son of Endymion, king of Elis, and brother of Epeius, Aetolus, and Eurycyda; from whom the district of Paeonia, on the Axius river in Macedonia, was believed to have derived its name.[1]

Map of Paeon

Notes

  1. Pausanias, 5.1; Smith "Paeon" 3..

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 

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