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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Hicetaon''' ({{langx|grc| Ἱκετάονα }} or {{lang|grc|Ἱκετάονος}}) may refer to:

*Hicetaon, a Trojan prince as the son of King [[Laomedon]] of [[Troy]], thus a brother of King [[Priam]].<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 3.147; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 3.12.3; [[Dictys Cretensis]], [https://topostext.org/work/152#4.22 4.22]</ref> He was one of the Trojan elders.<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 20.238</ref> After [[Paris (mythology)|Paris]] kidnapped [[Helen of Troy]], Hicetaon suggested that she be returned to [[Menelaus]] to avoid war. His sons were: [[Melanippus]], who died in the [[Trojan War|war]] Hicetaon had sought to avert;<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 15.547 & 576; [[Strabo]], 13.1.7</ref> [[Critolaus (mythology)|Critolaus]], husband of Priam's daughter [[Aristomache (mythology)|Aristomache]];<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 10.26.1</ref> [[Thymoetes]] (in the ''[[Aeneid]]'' only, otherwise given as his brother);<ref>[[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' 10.132</ref> and, possibly, [[Antenor of Troy|Antenor]].<ref>[[Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]] on Homer, p. 349; [[scholia]] on ''Iliad'' 3.201</ref>
*Hicetaon, prince of [[Methymna]] in [[Lesbos]]. He was the son of King [[Lepetymnus]] and [[Methymna (mythology)|Methymna]], daughter of King [[Macareus of Rhodes|Macareus]].<ref>[[Parthenius of Nicaea|Parthenius]], [https://topostext.org/work/550#21 21.3]; [[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. ''[https://topostext.org/work/241#M449.16 Methymna (Μήθυμνα)]''</ref> He was killed by [[Achilles]], when the latter attacked the islands close to the mainland.<ref>Parthenius, [https://topostext.org/work/550#21 21.3]</ref>

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== References ==
* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
*[[Dictys Cretensis]]'', from The Trojan War.'' ''The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and [[Dares Phrygius|Dares the Phrygian]]'' translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. [https://topostext.org/work/152 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Homer]], [[Iliad|''The Iliad'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
*Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Parthenius of Nicaea|Parthenius]], ''Love Romances'' translated by Sir Stephen Gaselee (1882-1943), S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 69. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1916.  [https://topostext.org/work/550 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Parthenius, ''Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol. 1''. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0643 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|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}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
*Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Virgil|Publius Vergilius Maro]], ''Aeneid.'' Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0054%3Abook%3D1%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Vergilius Maro, ''Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics''. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0055 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Strabo]], ''The Geography of Strabo.'' Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0198%3Abook%3D6%3Achapter%3D1%3Asection%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Strabo, ''Geographica'' edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0197 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]


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