Eioneus
Eioneus
Set of mythological characters
In Greek mythology, Eioneus (Ancient Greek: Ἠιονεύς) is a name attributed to the following individuals:
- Eioneus, the Perrhaebian[1] father of Dia,[2][3] see Deioneus.
- Eioneus, son of Magnes and Philodice[4] and one of the suitors of Hippodamia. He, like all of the other suitors before Pelops, was killed by Oenomaus.[5]
- Eioneus, son of Proteus, father of the Phrygian king Dymas.[6][7]
- Eioneus, the presumed mythological eponym of the Thracian city of Eion. This character was the father of Rhesus, according to Homer.[8] One source[9] identifies him with Strymon, who was more commonly known as father of Rhesus.
- Eioneus, a Greek warrior in the Trojan War who was killed by Hector using a sharp spear which smote his neck.[10]
- Eioneus or Eion, a Trojan warrior who was killed by Neoptolemus.[11]
