Paeon (myth)
In Greek mythology, Paean, Paeëon or Paieon, or Paeon or Paion may refer to the following characters:
- Paean, the physician of the Greek gods.
- Paeon, the father of Agastrophus in Homer's Iliad, and the husband of Cleomede and father of Laophoon in Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica.
- Paeon, a lord of Messenia, from whom the Attic clan and deme of Paeonidae or Paionidai is supposed to have derived its name.
- Paeon, from whom the district of Paionia was believed to have derived its name.
- Paeon, the son of Helle and Poseidon; in some legends he was called Edonus.
- Paeon, son of Ares and father of Biston.
- Paean, an epithet for the Greek god Apollo.
- Paean, an epithet for the Greek healer-god Asclepius.
