Echion

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

  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