- Mygdon (son of Ares)
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- For other uses, see Mygdon
In Greek mythology, Mygdon was the son of Ares and muse Calliope. He had three brothers named Edonus, Odomantus and Biston and was the father of Crousis and Grastus. He is considered the eponymous hero of the Thracian tribe Mygdones and founder of the Mygdonia region in ancient Macedon.[1]
References
- ^ Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond and Guy Thompson Griffith. A History of Macedonia: 550-336 B.C. (Volume 2). Clarendon Press, 1979, p. 36, ISBN 0198148143.
Categories:- Greek mythology
- Thraco-Macedonian mythology
- Offspring of Ares
- Ancient Mygdonia
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