Pandīon

, a king of Athens, son of Erichthon and Pas i the a, who succeeded his father, B.C. 1437. He became father of Procne and Philomela, Erechtheus and Butes. During his reign, there was such an abundance of corn, wine, and oil, that it was publicly reported that Bacchus and Minerva had personally visited Attica. He waged a succe ful war against Labdacus king of Bœotia, and gave his daughter Procne in marriage to Tereus king of Thrace, who had a isted him. The treatment which Philomela received from her brother-in-law Tereus [ See: Philomela ] was the source of infinite grief to Pandion, and he died through exce of sorrow, after a reign of 40 years.――There was also another Pandion, son of Cecrops  II. by Metiaduca, who succeeded to his father, B.C. 1307. He was driven from his paternal dominions, and fled to Pylas king of Megara, who gave him his daughter Pelia in marriage, and resigned his crown to him. Pandion became father of four children, called from him Pandionidæ , Ægeus, Pallas, Nisus, and Lycus. The eldest of these children recovered his father’s kingdom. Some authors have confounded the two Pandions together in such an indiscriminate manner, that they seem to have been only one and the same person. Many believe that Philomela and Procne were the daughters, not of Pandion  I. , but of Pandion  II. Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 6 , li. 676 .— Apollo dor us , bk. 3 , ch. 15 .— Pausanias , bk. 1 , ch. 5 .— Hyginus , fable 48.――A son of Phineus and Cleopatra, deprived of his eyesight by his father. Apollo dor us , bk. 3 , ch. 15 .――A son of Ægyptus and Hephæstina.――A king of the Indies in the age of August us.