Agathon (mythology)

For other uses, see Agathon (disambiguation).

In Greek mythology, Agathon (/ˈæɡəθɒn/; Ancient Greek: Ἀγάθων) was one of the sons of King Priam of Troy by other women.^[1] He was one of the last surviving princes during the Trojan War. In another account, Agathon and his brothers, Antiphus, Agavus and Glaucus, were instead all slain by Ajax, son of Telamon.^[2]

See also

• List of children of Priam

Notes

1. Apollodorus, 3.12.5; Hyginus, Fabulae 90; Dictys Cretensis, 4.7
2. Dictys Cretensis, 4.7

References

• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.