Chelidon (Greek myth) explained

In Greek mythology, Chelidon (grc|Χελιδών|Khelidon|swallow) may refer to the following women:

• Chelidon, a Lycian royalty as the daughter of prince Cragus, presumed eponym of the city Cragus or Mount Cragus.^[1] Her mother could be identified as Milye, eponym of the Milyae and sister-wife of Solymus, the eponym of the Solymi.^[2] By her uncle Tlous (eponym of Tlos), Chelidon bore Sidymos, the eponymous founder of the city of Sidyma.
• Chelidon, daughter of Pandareus, sister to Aëdon, and doublet of Philomela.^[3]

Notes

1. Tituli Asiae Minoris 2.174, C.9–11 (Greek text)
2. [Stephanus of Byzantium]
3. [Antoninus Liberalis]

References

• Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790–1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.