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|Text=[[File:woodhouse_1009.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1009.jpg}}]]Ἐχίων, -ονος, ὁ.
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|lshtext=<b>Ĕchīon</b>: ŏnis, m.<br /><b>I</b> One of the heroes [[who]] sprang up from the [[dragon]]'s teeth [[sown]] by [[Cadmus]]; the [[husband]] of [[Agave]] and [[father]] of [[Pentheus]], Ov. M. 3, 126; 10, 686; Stat. Th. 4, 569; Hyg. Fab. 178.—Hence: Echione [[natus]], for [[Pentheus]], Ov. M. 3, 526.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Derivv.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Echīŏnĭdes, ae, m., the [[son]] of [[Echion]], i. e. [[Pentheus]], Ov. M. 3, 513 and 701.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Echīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., meton. for Cadmean or Theban: [[hydrus]], i. e. killed by [[Cadmus]], Val. Fl. 8, 343: [[dens]], id. 7, 554: [[aula]], id. 7, 301; cf. arces, Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 53: [[nomen]], Verg. A. 12, 515; cf. [[plebs]], Stat. Th. 1, 169: [[Bacchus]], Pall. Insit. 45.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[son]] of [[Mercury]], an Argonaut, and a [[sharer]] in the Calydonian [[hunt]], Ov. M. 8, 311; Hyg. Fab. 14.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Echīŏ-nĭus, a, um, adj., of [[Echion]]: lacerto, Ov. M. 8, 345.—<br /><b>III</b> A [[celebrated]] Greek [[painter]], Cic. Par. 5, 2, 37; id. Brut. 18, 70.
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