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Ion
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(Ἴων; Íōn).

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[1] Hero of the Ionians

Eponymous hero of the Ionians ( Iones). Several traditions of his ancestry emphasizing Athens' political primacy are extant. The earliest and most influential versions present I. as the son of  Xuthus and Creusa, thus as the grandson of  Hellen, progenitor of the Hellenes, and of the Athenian king  Erechtheus (Str. 8,383; Paus. 7,1,2). I.'s b…

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Walde, Christine (Basle), Zimmermann, Bernhard (Freiburg), Günther, Linda-Marie (Munich) and Kramolisch, Herwig (Eppelheim), “Ion”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e526390>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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