Aëdon
Sign in to saveAëdon () was in Greek mythology, the daughter of Pandareus of Ephesus. According to Homer, she was the wife of Zethus, and the mother of Itylus. Aëdon features in two different stories, one set in Thebes and one set in Western Asia Minor, both of which contain filicide and explain the origin of the nightingale, a bird in constant mourning.
Key facts
- Character.name
- Aëdon
- Character.gender
- Female
- Character.image
- Itys and aedonaia illustration from greek vase by JE Harrison and DS MacColl T Fisher Unwin 1894.png
- Character.caption
- Aëdonaia slays Itys, illustration from a 6th-century BC Greek vase by JE Harrison and DS MacColl (1894)
- Character.species
- Human, then nightingale
- Character.title
- Queen
- Character.significant_other
- Zethus, or Polytechnus
- Character.relatives
- Pandareus (father) Harmothoë (mother) Chelidon, Cleothera, Merope (sisters) Unnamed brother
- Character.children
- Itylus/Itys, Neis
- Character.lbl21
- Homeland
- Character.data21
- Thebes, or Ephesus
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- Image
- Itys and aedonaia illustration from greek vase by JE Harrison and DS MacColl T Fisher Unwin 1894.png
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12 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Family
- Mythology
- Early life
- Thebes
- Asia Minor
- Origin
- Other versions
- Development
- See also
- Notes
- References
Aëdon () was in Greek mythology, the daughter of Pandareus of Ephesus. According to Homer, she was the wife of Zethus, and the mother of Itylus. Aëdon features in two different stories, one set in Thebes and one set in Western Asia Minor, both of which contain filicide and explain the origin of the nightingale, a bird in constant mourning.
Aëdon serves as a doublet of the Athenian princess Procne in some versions of her myth.