Coeranus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, the name Coeranus or Koiranos (Κοίρανος "ruler, commander") may refer to:

• Son of Abas, grandson of Melampus, and father of Polyeidos.^[1][2][3] Alternately was called son of Cleitus^[4].

• Son of Polyeidos (thus grandson of the precedent), brother of Manto and Astycrateia. His own son Euchenor dedicated an image of Dionysus Dasyllius to the god at Megara.^[2]

• A Lycian, son of Iphitus. He fought in the Trojan War and was killed by Odysseus.^[5][6]

• A native of Lyctus in Crete, charioteer of Meriones. He was slain by Hector.^[7]

References

1. ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 3. 1
2. ^ ^{a b} Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1. 43. 5
3. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 128 & 136
4. ^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey, 13. 663
5. ^ Homer, Iliad, 5. 677
6. ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13. 257
7. ^ Homer, Iliad, 5. 165 & 17. 611 ff