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There are several figures named '''Pelagon''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Πελάγων, -ονος) in [[Greek mythology]].

* Pelagon, king of [[Phocis]] and son of [[Amphidamas]]. He gave [[Cadmus]] the [[cow]] that was to guide him to [[Boeotia]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.4.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Pelagon 3.4.1]; [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+9.12.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Pelagon 9.12.1]; [[Scholia]] on [[Euripides]], ''[[Phoenician Women]]'' 638</ref>
* Pelagon, also called [[Pelasgus]],<ref name=":0">[[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4D*.html#72.1 4.72.1]</ref> son of the [[River gods (Greek mythology)|river-god]] [[Asopus]] by the [[naiad]] [[Metope (mythology)|Metope]], daughter of the river [[Ladon (river)|Ladon]].<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.12.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Pelagon 3.12.6]</ref> He was brother to [[Ismenus]], [[Korkyra (mythology)|Corcyra]], [[Salamis (mythology)|Salamis]], [[Aegina (mythology)|Aegina]], [[Pirene (nymph)|Peirene]], [[Cleone (mythology)|Cleone]], [[Thebe (Greek myth)|Thebe]], [[Tanagra (mythology)|Tanagra]], [[Thespia (mythology)|Thespia]], [[Asopis]], [[Sinope (mythology)|Sinope]], [[Ornea]], [[Chalcis (mythology)|Chalcis]],<ref name=":0" /> [[Harpina]]<ref>Diodorus Siculus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4D*.html#73.1 4.73.1]</ref> and I[[Ismene (Asopid)|smene]].<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.1.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Ismene 2.1.3]</ref> His sisters were abducted by various gods as punishment for their father's deed.<ref>Diodorus Siculus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4D*.html#61.1 4.61.1] & [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4D*.html#72.1 4.72.1]; Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Asopus 1.9.3], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.1.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Asopus 2.1.3] & [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.12.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Pelagon 3.12.6]</ref>
* Pelagon, one of the suitors of [[Hippodamia of Pisa|Hippodamia]] before [[Pelops]].<ref>Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+6.21.11&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Pelagon 6.21.11]</ref>
* Pelagon, one of the [[Calydonian hunt]]ers.<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 8.360</ref>
* Pelagon or Pelegon, who is given in the ''[[Iliad]]'' as the father of the [[Paeonia (kingdom)|Paeonia]]n warrior [[Asteropaios|Asteropaeus]], son of the river-god [[Axius (mythology)|Axius]] and [[Periboea]], the daughter of [[Acessamenus]].<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 21.142</ref> Presumably this Pelagon was the [[eponym]]ous founder of [[Pelagonia]].
* Pelagon, a native of [[Pylos]] who fought under [[Nestor (mythology)|Nestor]] in the [[Trojan War]].<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 4.295</ref>
* Pelagon, an "illustrious" companion of the hero [[Sarpedon (Trojan War hero)|Sarpedon]] during the [[Trojan War]], who removes [[Tlepolemus]]' spear from Sarpedon's thigh.<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 5.695; scholia on this line inform that he was also referred to as "Selagon"</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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Diodorus Siculus]], ''The Library of History'' translated by [[Charles Henry Oldfather]]. Twelve volumes. [[Loeb Classical Library]]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59&ndash;8. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
* Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2''. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.1.1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Ovid|Publius Ovidius Naso]], ''Metamorphoses'' translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0028 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Metamorphoses.'' Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0029 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
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