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Cicon

In Greek mythology, Cicon was the eponym of the Thracian tribe Cicones. He was the son of Apollo and Rhodope. According to a scholium on Apollonius of Rhodes, the Hellenistic writer Philostephanus considered Cicon to be the father of Biston.

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In Greek mythology, Cicon (Ancient Greek: Κίκονος) was the eponym of the Thracian tribe Cicones. He was the son of Apollo and Rhodope.¹ According to a scholium on Apollonius of Rhodes, the Hellenistic writer Philostephanus considered Cicon to be the father of Biston.²

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Etymologicum Magnum 513.37 under Kikones
RE, s.v. Kikon (1); Philostephanus, apud Scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes, 2.704.

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Etymologicum Magnum, edited by Friderici Sylburgii, Leipzig, J. A. G. Weigel, 1816. Internet Archive.
Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Band XI, Halbband 1, edited by Wilhelm Kroll, Stuttgart, J. B. Metzler, 1921. Wikisource.