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In
Greek mythology , the name Presbon (
Ancient Greek : Πρέσβων "elder, senior") may refer to:
Presbon, a son of
Phrixus and
Chalciope (
Iophassa
[1] ), daughter of King
Aeetes of
Colchis , mentioned in few sources, and never enumerated alongside his brothers
Argus ,
Phrontis ,
Melas and
Cytisorus . Upon return from
Colchis to
Boeotia , he received his grandfather
Athamas ' kingdom back from the latter's adoptive heirs
Haliartus and
Coronus .
[2] The kingdom further passed over to his son
Clymenus .
[3]
Presbon, a son of
Minyas and
Clytodora .
[4]
Presbon, father of
Spledon (Aspledon) by
Sterope .
[5]
Presbon, the young son of
Clymenus (
Periclymenus ), whom
Harpalyce killed and served to Clymenus as a meal in revenge for the rape.
[6]
Notes
References
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 .