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In Greek mythology, the name Echion /ɛˈkɒn/ (Ancient Greek: Ἐχῑ́ων (gen.: Ἐχίονος), derivative of ἔχις echis "viper"[1]) referred to five different beings:

Notes

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  1. ^ Robert Graves. The Greek Myths (1960)
  2. ^ Claudian, Gigantomachy 104 (pp. 288-289)
  3. ^ Bane, Theresa, Encyclopedia of Giants and Humanoids in Myth, Legend and Folklore 63.
  4. ^ Aken, Dr. A.R.A. van. (1961). Elseviers Mythologische Encyclopedie. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
  5. ^ Bartelink, Dr. G.J.M. (1988). Prisma van de mythologie. Utrecht: Het Spectrum.
  6. ^ Scholia ad Euripides, Phoenissae 670, ad Apollonius Rhodius, 3.1179-1187; Apollodorus, 3.4.1; Hyginus, Fabulae 178; Pseudo-Scymnos, Circuit de la terre 587 ff.; Tzetzes, Chiliades 10.438-439
  7. ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.126
  8. ^ Pausanias, 9.5.3
  9. ^ Apollodorus, 3.5.2; Pausanias, 9.5.4; Oppian, Cygenetica 4.243
  10. ^ Parthenius, 32
  11. ^ Apollodorus, 3.5.2
  12. ^ Pseudo-Scymnos, Circuit de la terre 587 ff.; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Echinos
  13. ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.686
  14. ^ Apollonius Rhodius, 1.51-52; Pindar, Pythian Odes 4.179
  15. ^ Apollonius Rhodius, 1.56; Hyginus, Fabulae 14 & 160
  16. ^ Apollonius Rhodius, 1.51-52
  17. ^ Pindar, Pythian Odes 4.179; Apollonius Rhodius, 1.52-54; Hyginus, Fabulae 14
  18. ^ Apollonius Rhodius, 1.52
  19. ^ Fabulae 173
  20. ^ Metamorphoses 8.311
  21. ^ Apollodorus, E.5.20 ff.
  22. ^ Peter Carey: A Literary Companion 73
  23. ^ Apollodorus, E.7.26–27
  24. ^ Apollodorus, E.7.33

References

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  • Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
  • Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
  • Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Claudius Claudianus, Battle of the Giants from Carmina Minora translated by Platnauer, Maurice. Loeb Classical Library Volumes 135 & 136. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1922. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
  • Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
  • Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths, Harmondsworth, London, England, Penguin Books, 1960. ISBN 978-0143106715
  • Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
  • Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • 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.