Leucon
- The name of one of Actaeon's hounds, Ov. M. 3, 218.—
- II A king of Pontus, Ov. Ib. 312.
(Λεύκων).
1. A son of Poseidon or Athamas and Themisto, was the father of Erythrus and Euippe. (Paus. 6.21.7, 9.34.5; Hyg. Fab. 157; Apollod. 1.9.2.)
2. One of the seven Archagetae, to whom the Plataeans, before the beginning of a battle, offered a sacrifice, by the command of an oracle. (Plut. Arist. 11.) [L.S]
(Λεύκων), historical.
1. One of the seven commanders who were sacrificed by the Plataeans, the eve of the battle of Plataeae, in obedience to an oracle (Plut. Arist. 11; Muller, Orchon. p. 214).
2. A powerful king of Bosporus, whose reign lasted nearly forty years, from 393 to 353 B. C. He was the son of Satyrus, and the fifth king of the dynasty of the Archaeanactidae. He conquered Theodosia, at the siege of which his father had fallen. He was in close alliance with the Athenians, whom he supplied with corn in great abundance, and who, in return for his services, admitted him and his sons to the citizenship of Athens, and voted him three statues. Other incidents of his life, which are not of sufficient importance to be mentioned here, are related by the writers quoted. They all go to prove that he was a wise and powerful prince. (Diod. 14.93, 16.91, with Wesseling's notes; Dem. c. Leptin. pp. 466, 467; Strab. vii. p.310f.; Polyaen. 6.9; Athen. 6.257c.; Aelian, Ael. VH 6.13, with the note of Perizonius; Clinton, F. H. vol. ii. App. No. 13.) [P.S]
(Λεύκων), the son of Hagnon, according to Toup's emendation of Suidas (s. v.), an Athenian comic poet, of the old comedy, was a contemporary and rival of Aristophanes. In B. C. 422 he contended, with his Πρέσβεις, against the Wasps of Aristophanes, and in the following year, with his Φράτερες, against the Peace of Aristophanes, and the κόλακες of Eupolis; on both occasions he obtained the third place (Didasc. ad Vesp. et Pac.) Suidas also mentions his Ὂνος ἀσκοφόρος The story on which this play was founded is explained by Böckh (Publ. Oecon. of Ath. p. 324, 2nd edit.).
No fragments of his plays survive. The title Φράτερες is usually corrupted into Φράτορες, but Meineke shows that the other is the true form. (Athen. 8.343. c.; Suid. s. v. Λεύκων; Hesych. s. v. Πάαπις; Phot. s. v. Τίβιοι; Meineke, Hist. Crit. Com. Graec. pp. 217, 218.) [P.S]
(Λεύκων), a sculptor of an unknown date. A dog by him is mentioned in an epigram by Macedonius (Brnnck, Anal. vol. iii. p. 118, No. 27, Anth. Pal. 6.173), in terms which imply that it was a first-rate work. Winckelmann (Gesch. d. Kunst, b. 5.6.23) conjectures that this is the dog, in a sitting posture, in marble, which was discovered at Rome, and brought to England. In Meyer's note on the passage of Winckelmann, it is stated that the statue was purchased by a gentleman named Duncombe, in Yorkshire. [P.S]
(Λεύκων). (1) The son of Poseidon or Athamas and Themisto, and father of Erythrus and Evippé.
(2) A powerful king of Bosporus, who reigned B.C. 393-353. He was in close alliance with the Athenians, whom he supplied with corn in great abundance, and who, in return for his services, admitted him and his sons to the citizenship of Athens (Diod.xiv. 93).
(3) An Athenian poet of the old comedy, a contemporary and rival of Aristophanes (Suidas, s. v.).
- defeat of the second Arcesilaus by Libyans there: Hdt. 4.160
- Apollod. 1.9.1; Paus. 6.21.11, Paus. 9.34.7
- father of Euippe: Paus. 9.34.9