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{{short description|Ancient Greek mythological figure}}
{{About|Greek mythology||Albion (disambiguation)}}
In [Greek mythology](/source/Greek_mythology), '''Alebion''' ([Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek): Ἀλεβίων) or '''Albion''' ({{lang|grc|Ἀλβίων}}) of [Liguria](/source/Liguria), was a son of [Poseidon](/source/Poseidon)<ref>[Tzetzes](/source/John_Tzetzes), ''Chiliades'' [https://topostext.org/work/617#2.340 2.341] & ad [Lycophron](/source/Lycophron), [https://topostext.org/work/860#649 649]</ref> and brother of [Dercynus](/source/Dercynus)<ref>[Apollodorus](/source/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-Apollodorus)), [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.5.10&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Dercynus 2.5.10]; Tzetzes, ''Chiliades'' [https://topostext.org/work/617#2.340 2.341] & ad Lycophron, [https://topostext.org/work/860#649 649]</ref> (also called [Bergion](/source/Dercynus)<ref>[Pomponius Mela](/source/Pomponius_Mela), [https://archive.org/details/gographiedepomp00baudgoog/page/n142/mode/2up?view=theater&q= 2.5.39] ([https://topostext.org/work/145#2.78 =2.78] ed. Romer called him Dercynus instead)</ref> or [Ligys](/source/Dercynus)<ref>Tzetzes ad [Lycophron](/source/Lycophron), [https://topostext.org/work/860#649 649]</ref>). In one source, Alebion was also known as '''Ialebion''' (Ἰαλεβίων).<ref name=":02">Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.5.10&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Ialebion 2.5.10]</ref>

== Mythology ==
Alebion attacked [Heracles](/source/Heracles) with Dercynus when he passed through their country, Liguria in North-Western Italy, on his way back to [Mycenae](/source/Mycenae) from [Iberia](/source/Iberia) having obtained the Cattle of [Geryon](/source/Geryon) as his [tenth labour](/source/The_Twelve_Labours).<ref name="DGRBM">{{cite encyclopedia|last=Schmitz |first=Leonhard |title=Albion |editor=[William Smith](/source/William_Smith_(lexicographer)) |encyclopedia=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology |volume=1 |pages=94 |publisher=[Little, Brown and Company](/source/Little%2C_Brown_and_Company) |location=Boston |year=1867 |url=http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0103.html |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501223737/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0103.html |archivedate=2008-05-01 }}</ref> The battle that followed was fierce; Albion and Dercynus (or Bergion) were supported by a numerous army. Heracles and his army were in a difficult position so he prayed to his father [Zeus](/source/Zeus) for help. With the aegis of Zeus, Heracles won the battle, and both brothers were killed.<ref name=":0">Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.5.10&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Dercynus 2.5.10]; [Strabo](/source/Strabo), [https://topostext.org/work/144#4.1.7 4.1.7]; Tzetzes, ''Chiliades'' [https://topostext.org/work/617#2.340 2.341–342]; Pomponius Mela, [https://archive.org/details/gographiedepomp00baudgoog/page/n142/mode/2up?view=theater&q= 2.5.39] ([https://topostext.org/work/145#2.78 =2.78] ed. Romer called him Dercynus instead)</ref> It was this kneeling position of Heracles, when he prayed to his father Zeus, that gave the name [Engonasin](/source/Engonasin) (Ἐγγόνασιν, derived from ἐν γόνασιν), meaning "on his knees" or "the Kneeler" to [Hercules' constellation](/source/Hercules_(constellation)). The story is also alluded to in [Hyginus](/source/Gaius_Julius_Hyginus),<ref>[Hyginus](/source/Gaius_Julius_Hyginus), ''[De astronomia](/source/De_astronomia)'' [https://topostext.org/work/207#2.6.5 2.6.5]</ref> [Dionysius](/source/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus)<ref>[Dionysius of Halicarnassus](/source/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus), ''Antiquitates Romanae'' [https://topostext.org/work/139#1.41.3 1.41.3]</ref> and [Strabo](/source/Strabo).<ref>Strabo, [https://topostext.org/work/144#4.1.7 4.1.7]</ref>

==See also==
* {{annotated link|Albion (Blake)}}

==Notes==
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== References ==
* [Apollodorus](/source/Bibliotheca_(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}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [Dionysus of Halicarnassus](/source/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus), ''Roman Antiquities.'' English translation by Earnest Cary in the Loeb Classical Library, 7 volumes. Harvard University Press, 1937–1950. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
* [Dionysius of Halicarnassus](/source/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus), ''Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt'', ''Vol I-IV''. . Karl Jacoby. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0572 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [Gaius Julius Hyginus](/source/Gaius_Julius_Hyginus), ''Astronomica from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/207 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [Scholia](/source/Scholia) to [Lycophron's](/source/Lycophron) ''Alexandra'', marginal notes by Isaak and Ioannis Tzetzes and others from the Greek edition of Eduard Scheer (Weidmann 1881). [https://topostext.org/work/860 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]. [Greek text available on Archive.org](/source/iarchive%3Alycophronisalexa02lycouoft%2Fpage%2Fn5%2Fmode%2F2up)
* [Strabo](/source/Strabo), ''[The Geography of Strabo](/source/Geographica).'' Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0198%3Abook%3D6%3Achapter%3D1%3Asection%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Strabo, ''Geographica'' edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0197 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* [Tzetzes, John](/source/John_Tzetzes), ''Histories or Chiliades'' unedited translation by Ana Untila (Book I), Gary Berkowitz (II-IV), Konstantinos Ramiotis (V-VI), Vasiliki Dogani (VII-VIII), Jonathan Alexander (IX-X), Muhammad Syarif Fadhlurrahman (XI), and Nikolaos Giallousis (XII-XIII), with translation adjustments by Brady Kiesling affecting about 15 percent of the total . These translations are based on the 1826 Greek edition of Theophilus Kiesslingius. [https://topostext.org/work/617 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]

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