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Calydon

deity earth Greek single tradition · 4

Calydon was a Calydonian man, the son of Ares and Astynome. Artemis changed him into a stone when he accidentally saw the goddess bathing naked.

↻ synthesized from 4 sources

When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 2020
Historical notes
Attested in Greek mythology.

Relationships

enemy of
Artemis (Diana)
co occurs with
Astynome, Iapetus, Daphnis, Scamandrius, Bouphagos, Broteas, Ares, Siproites, Hermes
child of
Ares, Astynome

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (4)
  1. Artemis
  2. Calydon (son of Ares)
  3. Artemis Alphaea
  4. Tauropolia

Source passages

“Artemis similarly changed a Calydonian man named Calydon, the son of Ares and Astynome, into a stone when he accidentally saw the goddess bathing naked.”

#18622 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Calydon seeing the goddess naked constitutes an intrusion which is sexual in nature, putting him in the same class as other rapists; blinding is a common punishment for sexual crimes in Greek mythology.”

#42376 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001