# Edonus

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Son of Ares in Greek mythology

In [Greek mythology](/source/Greek_mythology), **Edonus** ([Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek_language): Ἠδωνός) was the ancestor of the [Edonians](/source/Edoni) in [Thrace](/source/Thrace) and Thracian [Macedonia](/source/Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)). He was the son of [Ares](/source/Ares) (god of war) and [Calliope](/source/Calliope) (muse of epic poetry). The names *Edonus, Edonian, Edonic* is therefore used also in the sense of "[Thracian](/source/Thracian)", and as Thrace was one of the principal seats of the worship of [Dionysus](/source/Dionysus), it further signifies "Dionysiac" or "[Bacchantic](/source/Bacchantic)".[1]

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Stephanus of Byzantium](/source/Stephanus_of_Byzantium), s.v. *Bistonia;* [Ovid](/source/Ovid), *[Remedia Amoris](/source/Remedia_Amoris)* 593; [Horace](/source/Horace), *[Carmen Saeculare](/source/Carmen_Saeculare)* 2.7.27

## References

- [Stephanus of Byzantium](/source/Stephanus_of_Byzantium), *Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt,* edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. [Online version at the Topos Text Project.](https://topostext.org/work/241)

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain): [Smith, William](/source/William_Smith_(lexicographer)), ed. (1870). ["Edonus"](http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DE%3Aentry+group%3D1%3Aentry%3Dedonus-bio-1). *[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology](/source/Dictionary_of_Greek_and_Roman_Biography_and_Mythology)*.

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