Deioneus

Son of Eurytus of Oechalia ('Deion' in the Hesiodic Catalogue), distinguished by the one tradition (Plutarch Theseus 8.3) in which Theseus gives him Perigune, daughter of Sinis, in marriage; he falls with his brothers at the sack of Oechalia. Mortal-tier. Distinct from Deion/Deioneus son of Aeolus, father of Cephalus.

Parentage

• father: EurytusScholia to Sophocles, Trachiniae 354 (Hesiod, Catalogue); Plut. Thes. 8.3 (primary)

Domains

• archery

Powers

• Draws the inherited Oechalian bow

Relations

• father: EurytusScholia to Sophocles, Trachiniae 354 (Hesiod, Catalogue); Plut. Thes. 8.3 (primary)
• mother: Antiope daughter of Pylon (Antioche in Hesiod; wife of Eurytus, unregistered second parent) · GreekScholia to Sophocles, Trachiniae 354 (Hesiod, Catalogue) (primary)
• spouse: Perigune (daughter of Sinis, mother of Theseus's son Melanippus; unregistered) · GreekGiven to Deioneus in marriage by Theseus.Plutarch, Theseus 8.3 (primary)
• sibling: IoleBrother of Iole. One-way relation to the already-registered sister; her entry is not edited here.Apollod. 2.7.7; Scholia to Sophocles, Trachiniae 354 (primary)
• sibling: IphitusScholia to Sophocles, Trachiniae 354 (Hesiod, Catalogue) (primary)
• sibling: ClytiusScholia to Sophocles, Trachiniae 354 (Hesiod, Catalogue) (primary)
• sibling: ToxeusScholia to Sophocles, Trachiniae 354 (Hesiod, Catalogue) (primary)
• sibling: MolionFellow son of Eurytus; brothers as the sons slain at Oechalia.Apollod. 2.7.7; Diod. Sic. 4.37.5 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Scholia to Sophocles Trachiniae 354 (Hesiod, Catalogue of Women); Plutarch Theseus 8.3; Apollodorus 2.7.7 (primary); William Smith (ed.), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1849), s.v. 'Deioneus (2)' (secondary)
• marriage-to-Perigune: Plutarch Theseus 8.3 (primary)