Coeranus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, the name Coeranus^[1] or Koiranos (Κοίρανος "ruler, commander") may refer to:

• Coeranus, son of Abas, grandson of Melampus, and father of Polyeidos.^[2][3][4] Alternately was called son of Cleitus.^[5]
• Coeranus, son of Polyeidos (thus grandson of the precedent), brother of Manto and Astycrateia. His own son Euchenor dedicated an image of Dionysus Dasyllius to the god at Megara.^[3]
• Coeranus, a Lycian, son of Iphitus. He fought in the Trojan War and was killed by Odysseus.^[6][7]
• Coeranus, a native of Lyctus in Crete, charioteer of Meriones. He was slain by Hector.^[8]

References

1. Porphyry's "Homeric Questions" on the "Iliad": Text, Translation, Commentary. Library of Congress cataloging-in-publication data. p. 299. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
2. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 3. 1
3. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1. 43. 5
4. Hyginus, Fabulae, 128 & 136
5. Scholia on Homer, Iliad, 13. 663
6. Homer, Iliad, 5. 677
7. Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13. 257
8. Homer, Iliad, 5. 165 & 17. 611 ff