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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Oeonus''' ({{IPAc-en|iː|ˈ|oʊ|n|ə|s}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Οἰωνὸν) was a son of [[Licymnius]] who accompanied [[Heracles]]. He was killed in [[Sparta]] in Heracles's company. Heracles had promised Licymnius that he would bring back his son, and so, when Oeonus died, Heracles burned his body and took the ashes back to the father.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 2.7.3; [[Pindar]], ''Olympian Odes'' 12.76 ff.; [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 3.15.3</ref> This is supposed to be the origin of the Greek practice of [[cremation]].<br />
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* [[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].<br />
* [[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]<br />
* 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].<br />
* [[Pindar]], ''Odes'' translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0162 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]<br />
* Pindar, ''The Odes of Pindar'' including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0161 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].<br />
* Smith, William. (1870). ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology''. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.<br />
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