Presbon

In Greek mythology, the name Presbon (Πρέσβων "elder, senior") may refer to:

• Presbon, a son of Phrixus and Chalciope mentioned in few sources, and never enumerated alongside his brothers Argus, Phrontis, Melas and Cytisorus.^[1] Upon return from Colchis to Boeotia, he received his grandfather Athamas' kingdom back from the latter's adoptive heirs Haliartus and Coronus.^[2] The kingdom further passed over to his son Clymenus.^[3]
• Presbon, a son of Minyas and Clytodora.^[4]
• Presbon, father of Spledon (Aspledon) by Sterope.^[5][6]
• Presbon, the young son of Clymenus (Periclymenus), whom Harpalyce killed and served to Clymenus as a meal in revenge for the rape.^[7]

References

1. Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 2. 1122
2. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9. 34. 8
3. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9. 37. 1
4. Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 230
5. Etymologicum Magnum 157. 32
6. Scholia on Iliad 2. 511
7. Scholia on Iliad, 14. 291