Pandion (son of Cecrops the younger)

Also known as: Pandion · Family: Athens · Role: king · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 5

Pandion, son of Cecrops the younger, was deposed by the Metionidæ and fled to Megara, where he had married the king’s daughter. His sons were banished with him; “Pandion died there of illness,” and his tomb was near the sea in Megara.

After his sons returned from exile and expelled the Metionidæ, Ægeus, the eldest, held sovereignty over the Athenians. Œneus was Pandion’s illegitimate son.

Relationship record

Life events

• Pandion was deposed, fled to Megara, and married the king’s daughter.(Book 1 · Chapter 5 · 📍 Megara)
  • “The latter was deposed from his kingdom by the Metionidæ, and when he fled to Megara, the daughter of whose king he had married, his sons were banished with him.”
• Pandion died of illness in Megara.(Book 1 · Chapter 5 · 📍 Megara)
  • “And it is said that Pandion died there of illness, and his tomb is near the sea in Megara, on the rock that is called the rock of Athene the Diver.”

Book 1 · Chapter 5

• child: Œneus “Œneus the illegitimate son of Pandion”
• parent: Cecrops the younger “the two Pandion kings were the son of Erichthonius and the son of Cecrops the younger”
• child: Ægeus “But his sons returned from exile at Megara, and expelled the Metionidæ, and Ægeus, being the eldest, had the sovereignty over the Athenians”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.