Molion
In
Greek mythology
,
Molion
(
Ancient Greek
: Μολίονα) may refer to the following personages:
Molion, an
Oechalian
prince as son of King
Eurytus
and
Antiope
[
1
]
or
Antioche
[
2
]
and brother of
Clytius
and
Toxeus
. All three were slain by
Heracles
.
[
3
]
His other siblings were
Iole
,
Deioneus
,
Didaeon
and
Iphitos
.
[
4
]
Molion, a
Trojan
squire of
Thymbraeus
, son of the seer
Laocoon
. He was killed by the hero
Odysseus
.
[
5
]
Molion, an
Achaean
warrior who was killed by the
Amazon
Queen
Penthesilia
.
[
6
]
^
Apollonius of Rhodes
, 1.86
^
Scholiast
on
Sophocles
,
Trachiniae
266
as cited in
Hesiod
, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica,
The Taking of Oechalia
fr. 4
^
Diodorus Siculus
, 4.37.5
^
Hesiod
,
Ehoiai
fr. 79
^
Homer
,
Iliad
11.322
^
Quintus Smyrnaeus
, 1.227