Pandion

Family: Egyptian · Role: prince · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 2.1

🌐 Also appears in: The Metamorphoses of Ovid (as Pandion)

Pandion was an Egyptian prince, born to Cecrops. In the accounts, he married Callidice and also Zeuxippe, his mother’s sister; with Zeuxippe he fathered Erichthonius, Procne, Philomela, Erechtheus, and Butes. He later faced Labdacus in a war over boundaries and gave his daughter Procne in marriage to Tereus.

Pandion also married Pylia at Megara and had four sons by her: Aegeus, Pallas, Nisus, and Lycus. When Pandion died, his sons divided his inheritance, giving Erechtheus the kingdom and Butes the priesthood of Athena and Poseidon Erechtheus. In another account, Phineus believed Idaea’s false accusation and blinded his stepsons Plexippus and Pandion.

Relationship record

Life events

• Pandion’s sons divided his inheritance, giving Erechtheus the kingdom and Butes the priesthood.(Apollodorus, Library 3.15)
  • With: Erechtheus Butes
  • “When Pandion died, his sons divided their father's inheritance between them, and Erechtheus got the kingdom, and Butes got the priesthood of Athena and Poseidon Erechtheus.”
• Phineus believed Idaea’s accusation and blinded his stepsons Plexippus and Pandion.(Apollodorus, Library 3.15)
  • With: Phineus Plexippus
  • “She falsely accused her stepsons to Phineus of corrupting her virtue, and Phineus, believing her, blinded them both.”

Apollodorus, Library 2.1

• married with Callidice “Pandion got Callidice”

Apollodorus, Library 3.14

• parent: Erichthonius “by whom he had a son Pandion.”
• married with Zeuxippe “Pandion married Zeuxippe, his mother's sister”
• child: Procne “and begat two daughters, Procne and Philomela”
• child: Philomela “and begat two daughters, Procne and Philomela”
• child: Erechtheus “and twin sons, Erechtheus and Butes.”
• child: Butes “and twin sons, Erechtheus and Butes.”
• elder kin: Zeuxippe “Pandion married Zeuxippe, his mother's sister”
• rivals with Labdacus “war having broken out with Labdacus on a question of boundaries”
• with Tereus (Pandion arranged or gave Procne in marriage to Tereus.) “he gave Tereus his own daughter Procne in marriage”

Apollodorus, Library 3.15

• parent: Cecrops “and begat Pandion.”
• married with Pylia “going to Pylas at Megara married his daughter Pylia”
• child: Aegeus “he had sons born to him, to wit, Aegeus, Pallas, Nisus, and Lycus”
• child: Pallas (son of Pandion) “he had sons born to him, to wit, Aegeus, Pallas, Nisus, and Lycus”
• child: Nisus “he had sons born to him, to wit, Aegeus, Pallas, Nisus, and Lycus”
• child: Lycus “he had sons born to him, to wit, Aegeus, Pallas, Nisus, and Lycus”

⭐ Constellation map → · 📖 Read the original → · 🗂 Character index → · 🕰 Chronicle → · 📍 Places → · 🌳 Family orrery →

Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.