Cydon
Family: Tegean royal family · Role: son of Tegeates · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 53
Cydon was the son of Tegeates and of Acacallis, daughter of Minos and Hermes. In Book 8, Chapter 53, he migrated to Crete with his brothers Archedius and Gortys, and they gave their names to the towns Cydonia, Gortys and Catreus.
Relationship record
Life events
- Cydon, Archedius, and Gortys migrated to Crete and gave their names to towns.(Book 8 · Chapter 53 · 📍 Crete)
Book 8 · Chapter 53
- parent: Tegeates “And the remaining sons of Tegeates, Cydon and Archedius and Gortys, migrated they say of their own accord to Crete”
- siblings with Archedius “And the remaining sons of Tegeates, Cydon and Archedius and Gortys, migrated they say of their own accord to Crete”
- siblings with Gortys “And the remaining sons of Tegeates, Cydon and Archedius and Gortys, migrated they say of their own accord to Crete”
- parent: Acacallis “Cydon was the son of Acacallis the daughter of Minos and Hermes”
- parent: Hermes “Cydon was the son of Acacallis the daughter of Minos and Hermes”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.