# Teleon

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In [Greek mythology](/source/Greek_mythology), '''Teleon''' ({{Langx|grc|Τελέων, gen. Τελέοντος}}) may refer to the following two distinct characters:<ref>[Apollonius Rhodius](/source/Apollonius_of_Rhodes), [https://topostext.org/work/126#1.71 1.72] & [https://topostext.org/work/126#1.95 95] with [scholia](/source/scholia) ad, 1.95</ref>

* Teleon, also called '''Geleon''' (Γελέων),<ref>[Herodotus](/source/Herodotus), 5.66.2; [Euripides](/source/Euripides), ''[Ion](/source/Ion_(play))'' 1579</ref> the [Athenian](/source/Athens) son of [Ion](/source/Ion_(mythology)), eponym of the [Ionians](/source/Ionians), and brother of [Aegicoreus](/source/Aegicores), [Argades](/source/Argades) and [Hoples](/source/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](/source/Julius_Pollux), [https://archive.org/details/onomasticon01polluoft/page/n543/mode/1up?view=theater 8.109]</ref><ref>Compare with [Strabo](/source/Strabo), 8.7.1 (p. 383) where “. . .At first [Ion](/source/Ion_(mythology)) 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](/source/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](/source/Hoplite), the craftsmen [Ergadeis](/source/Ergadeis); and of the remaining two, the farmers were called [Geleontes](/source/Geleontes), the shepherds and herdsmen [Aigikoreis](/source/Aigikoreis).”</ref> Later on, Teleon fathered [Butes](/source/Butes), one of the [Argonauts](/source/Argonauts),<ref>[Apollodorus](/source/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-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](/source/naiad)-wife [Zeuxippe](/source/Zeuxippe), daughter of the [river god](/source/River_gods_(Greek_mythology)) [Eridanos](/source/Eridanos_(Athens)).<ref>[Hyginus](/source/Hyginus_(Fabulae)), ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#14.2 14]</ref> 
* Teleon, the [Locrian](/source/Locrians) father of [Eribotes](/source/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.

==Notes==
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== References ==
* [Apollonius of Rhodes](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Fabulae), ''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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