Cedalion
angelic earth Greek single tradition · 2
Cedalion is a servant of Hephaestus. He was ordered to guide the blinded Orion. He guided Orion eastmost on the giant's shoulders, where Orion was healed by Helios or Asclepius.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 100 BCE
- Attested period
- -100 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in Hesiodic accounts of Orion.
Relationships
- serves
- Hephaestus
- allied with
- Orion
- student of
- Hephaestus
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Orion stumbled to Hephaestus' forge in Lemnos, who ordered his servant, Cedalion, to guide Orion. On the giant's shoulders, Cedalion guided him eastmost, where he was healed by Helios or Asclepius.”
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“Hephaestus took pity on the blind Orion and gave him his servant Cedalion as a guide.”
#44748 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-20b:free