Caucon

In Greek mythology, the name Caucon /ˈkɔːkən, ˈkɔːkɒn/ (Καύκων) may refer to:

• Caucon of Arcadia, a son of Lycaon,^[1] ancestral hero and eponym of the Caucones that were believed to have settled in Triphylia.^[2] His tomb was shown at Lepreus,^[3] with a statue of a man with a lyre standing over it.^[4] Other traditions made him son of Poseidon and father of Lepreus by Astydameia.^[5]
• Caucon, son of Celaenus and grandson of the autochthon Phlyus, from Eleusis. He was said to have brought the rites of the Great Goddesses from Eleusis to Andania in Messene.^[6] Legend had it that he appeared to Epaminondas in a dream, prophesying him success in restoration of the Messenian state;^[7] the Messenian allies of Epaminondas offered sacrifices to Caucon.^[8]

See also

• List of Greek mythological figures

References

1. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 8. 1; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 481
2. Scholia on Odyssey, 3. 366
3. Strabo, Geography, 8. 3. 16, remarking that Caucon might have been the progenitor of the tribe, or might have had the same name by coincidence
4. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 5. 5. 5
5. Athenaeus, Banquet of the Learned, 10. 412b; Aelian, Various Histories, 1. 24
6. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 4. 1. 5; 4. 2. 6
7. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2. 4. 6 - 8
8. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 4. 27. 6