Disambiguation article
In Greek mythology, the name Coeranus[1] or Koiranos (Ancient Greek: Κοίρανος "ruler, commander") may refer to:
- Coeranus, an Argive son of Abas, grandson of Melampus, and father of the seer Polyeidos.[2] Alternately, was called son of Cleitus.[3]
- Coeranus, 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.[4]
- Coeranus, a Lycian soldier, son of Iphitus, who followed their leader, Sarpedon, to fight in the Trojan War. He was slain by the Greek hero Odysseus during the siege of Troy.[5]
- Coeranus, a native of Lyctus in Crete, charioteer and squire of Meriones. He was slain by Hector.[6]
- ^ Porphyry's "Homeric Questions" on the "Iliad": Text, Translation, Commentary. Library of Congress cataloging-in-publication data. 19 November 2010. p. 299. ISBN 9783110216806. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.3.1; Pausanias, 1.43.5; Hyginus, Fabulae 128 & 136
- ^ Pherecydes in Scholia on Homer, Iliad 13.663
- ^ Pausanias, 1.43.5
- ^ Homer, Iliad 5.677 & Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.257
- ^ Homer, Iliad 5.165 & 17.611 ff.