Medon (son of Codrus)

Also known as: Medon · Role: king of the Athenians · First appears: Book 7 · Chapter 2

Life events

• The oracle assigned Athens’ kingdom to Medon, sending Nileus and Codrus’s other sons to found a colony.(Book 7 · Chapter 2 · 📍 Delphi)
  • With: Nileus Codrus
  • “But as they decided to submit the matter to the oracle at Delphi, the Pythian Priestess assigned the kingdom to Medon. So Nileus and the other sons of Codrus were sent on a colony”

Book 7 · Chapter 2

• siblings with Nileus “And not many years afterwards Medon and Nileus, the eldest sons of Codrus, quarrelled as to who should be king over the Athenians”
• rivals with Nileus “And not many years afterwards Medon and Nileus, the eldest sons of Codrus, quarrelled as to who should be king over the Athenians”
• parent: Codrus “And not many years afterwards Medon and Nileus, the eldest sons of Codrus, quarrelled as to who should be king over the Athenians”

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