Pandion
κακοὶ μάρτυρες ἀνθρώποισιν ὀφθαλμοὶ καὶ ὦτα βαρβάρους ψυχὰς ἐχόντων → eyes and ears are poor witnesses for men if their souls do not understand the language (Heraclitus Phil.: Fr. B 107; Testimonia: Fragment 16, line 6)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Πανδίων, -ονος, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Pandīon: ŏnis, m., = Πανδίων.
I A king of Athens, father of Progne and Philomela, Hyg. Fab. 48; Ov. M. 6, 426; 676: Pandionis populus, i. e. the Athenians, Lucr. 6, 1143: Pandione nata, i. e. Progne, Ov. M. 6, 634.—Transf., for the nightingale, Ov. P. 1, 3, 39: Cecropiae Pandionis arces, Mart. 1, 26, 3.—Hence,
B Pandīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., Pandionian: Pandioniae Athenae, Ov. M. 15, 430: Pandionia Orithyia, the sister of Pandion, Prop. 1, 20, 31: res Pandioniae, the Athenian state, Claud. IV. Cons. Honor. 506: arces, the citadel of Athens, id. Rapt. Pros. 2, 19; also called mons, Stat. Th. 2, 720: volucres, the nightingale and the swallow, Sen. Octav. 8: cavea, the Athenian theatre, Sid. Carm. 23, 137.—
II A son of Jupiter and Luna, Hyg. Fab. praef.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Pandīōn,¹⁶ ŏnis, m. (Πανδίων), nom de divers personnages, nott :
1 Pandion [fils d’Érechthée, père de Procné et de Philomèle] : Ov. M. 6, 426 ; Lucr. 6, 1143
2 fils de Jupiter et de la Lune : Hyg. Fab. præf.
3 roi de l’Inde au temps d’Auguste : Plin. 6, 23
4 le rossignol : Ov. P. 1, 3, 39 ; Mart. 1, 26, 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
Pandīōn, onis, Akk. ona, m. (Πανδίων; Pandĭon gemessen b. Avien. descr. orb. 1218), König in Athen, Vater der Prokne u. Philomela (von denen erstere in eine Schwalbe, letztere in eine Nachtigall verwandelt wurde), Ov. met. 6, 426 u. (Akk.) 676: Pandionis populus, Lucr. 6, 1141: Cecropiae Pandionis arces, Athen, Mart. 1, 25, 3: Pandione nata = Prokne, Ov. met. 6, 636; od. = Philomela, Ov. ex Pont. 1, 3, 39. – Dav. Pandīonius, a, um, pandionisch, des Pandion, auch poet. = athenisch, Athenae, Ov. met. 15, 430: volucres, Schwalbe und Nachtigall, Sen. poët.: arces, Athen, Claud.: cavea, Theater zu Athen, Sidon.
Wikipedia EN
In Greek mythology, Pandion (/pænˈdaɪɒn/; Ancient Greek: Πανδίων means "all-divine") may refer to the following characters:
- Pandion I, a legendary king of Athens, father of the sisters Procne and Philomela.
- Pandion II, a legendary king of Athens, father of the brothers Aegeus, Pallas, Nisos and Lycus.
- Pandion (hero), the eponymous hero of the Attic tribe Pandionis, usually assumed to be one of the legendary Athenian kings Pandion I or Pandion II.
- Pandion, an Egyptian prince as son of Aegyptus and Hephaestine. He married Callidice, daughter of Danaus who killed him during their wedding night.
- Pandion, son of Phineus and Cleopatra, brother of Plexippus. He and his brother were blinded by Phineus at the instigation of their stepmother Idaea.
- Pandion, from Phaestus in Crete, was father of Lamprus.
- Pandion, an Achaean warrior who carried the bow of Teucer during the Trojan War.
- Pandion, father of a certain Helen who consorted with Zeus and bore him a son, Musaeus.
