In Greek mythology, '''Teleon''' ({{Langx|grc|Τελέων, gen. Τελέοντος}}) may refer to the following two distinct characters:<ref>Apollonius Rhodius, [https://topostext.org/work/126#1.71 1.72] & [https://topostext.org/work/126#1.95 95] with scholia ad, 1.95</ref>
* Teleon, also called '''Geleon''' (Γελέων),<ref>Herodotus, 5.66.2; Euripides, ''Ion'' 1579</ref> the Athenian son of Ion, eponym of the Ionians, and brother of Aegicoreus, Argades and Hoples. The earlier four tribes of Athens: Teleontes (Teleonites)/ Geleontes, Aegicoreis, Argadeis (Ergadeis) and Hopletes (Hoplites) were named after him and his siblings.<ref>Herodotus, 5.66.2; Euripides, ''Ion'' 1575-1581; Pollux, [https://archive.org/details/onomasticon01polluoft/page/n543/mode/1up?view=theater 8.109]</ref><ref>Compare with Strabo, 8.7.1 (p. 383) where “. . .At first Ion divided the people into four tribes, but later into four occupations: four he designated as farmers, others as artisans, others as sacred officers, and a fourth group as the guards.” while Plutarch, ''Solon'' 23.4 states the “. . . four tribes were originally named, not from the sons of Ion, but from the classes into which occupations were divided; thus the warriors were called Hoplitai, the craftsmen Ergadeis; and of the remaining two, the farmers were called Geleontes, the shepherds and herdsmen Aigikoreis.”</ref> Later on, Teleon fathered Butes, one of the Argonauts,<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.16&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Teleon 1.9.16]</ref> by his naiad-wife Zeuxippe, daughter of the river god Eridanos.<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#14.2 14]</ref> * Teleon, the Locrian father of Eribotes, another Argonaut. Apollonius describes Teleon as "virtuous" ({{lang|grc|ἀγαθός}}),<ref>Apollonius Rhodius, [https://topostext.org/work/126#1.95 1.96]</ref> but beyond that, no information on this figure is available.
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== References == * Apollonius of Rhodes, ''Argonautica'' translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. [https://topostext.org/work/126 Online version at the Topos Text Project.] * Apollonius of Rhodes, ''Argonautica''. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0227 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. * Hyginus, ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
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