Molion

Son of Eurytus of Oechalia, named among the sons slain by Heracles at the sack of Oechalia (Diod. Sic. 4.37.5), brother of Clytius and Toxeus. Mortal-tier. Distinct from the Moliones (the conjoined twins Eurytus and Cteatus, sons of Actor/Poseidon and Molione).

Parentage

• father: EurytusDiod. Sic. 4.37.5 (primary)

Domains

• archery

Powers

• Draws the inherited Oechalian bow

Relations

• father: EurytusDiod. Sic. 4.37.5 (primary)
• mother: Antiope daughter of Pylon (Antioche in Hesiod; wife of Eurytus, unregistered second parent) · GreekDiod. Sic. 4.37.5 (primary)
• sibling: IoleBrother of Iole. One-way relation to the already-registered sister; her entry is not edited here.Apollod. 2.7.7; Diod. Sic. 4.37.5 (primary)
• sibling: IphitusDiod. Sic. 4.37.5 (primary)
• sibling: ClytiusDiod. Sic. 4.37.5 (primary)
• sibling: ToxeusDiod. Sic. 4.37.5 (primary)
• sibling: DeioneusFellow son of Eurytus; brothers as the sons slain at Oechalia.Apollod. 2.7.7; Diod. Sic. 4.37.5 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Diodorus Siculus 4.37.5; Apollodorus 2.7.7 (primary); William Smith (ed.), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1849), s.v. 'Molion (2)' (secondary)
• death-by-Heracles-at-Oechalia: Diodorus Siculus 4.37.5; Apollodorus 2.7.7 (primary)