In Greek mythology, Coön (, gen. Κόωνος), also known as Cynon (Κύνων),Pherecydes in scholia on Homer, Iliad 19.53 was the eldest son of AntenorHomer, Iliad 11.248 & 256, 19.53 and Theano. Like most of his brothers, he fought and fell in the Trojan War.
Family Coön was the brother of Crino,Pausanias, 10.27.4 Acamas,Apollodorus, E.3.34; Homer, Iliad 2.823, 11.60 & 12.100 Agenor,Homer, Iliad 11.59, 21.545 & 579 Antheus,Tzetzes on Lycophron, 134 Archelochus,Apollodorus, E.3.34; Homer, Iliad 2.823, 12.100 & 14.464 Demoleon,Homer, Iliad 20.395 Eurymachus,Pausanias, 10.27.3 Glaucus,Virgil, Aeneid 6.484; Apollodorus, E.5.21; Dictys Cretensis, 4.7; Pausanias, 10.27.3 Helicaon,Homer, Iliad 3.123 Iphidamas,Homer, Iliad 11.221 & 261; Pausanias, 4.36.4 & 5.19.4 Laodamas,Homer, Iliad 15.516 Laodocus,Homer, Iliad 4.87 Medon,Virgil, Aeneid 6.484 Polybus,Homer, Iliad 11.59 and Thersilochus.
Mythology In the Iliad, he confronted Agamemnon over the body of his brother Iphidamas and wounded the opponent in the arm, but Agamemnon struck back and chopped Coön's head off.Homer, Iliad 11.249-269; also briefly mentioned in Tzetzes, Homerica 194 The fight between Agamemnon and Coön was depicted on the chest of Cypselus according to Pausanias.Pausanias, 5.19.4
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