Coön

In Greek mythology, Coön (Ancient Greek: Κόων, gen. Κόωνος), also known as Cynon (Κύνων),^[1] was the eldest son of Antenor^[2] and Theano. Like most of his brothers, he fought and fell in the Trojan War.

Family

Coön was the brother of Crino,^[3] Acamas,^[4][5] Agenor,^[6][7] Antheus,^[8] Archelochus,^[9][10] Demoleon,^[11] Eurymachus,^[12] Glaucus,^[13] Helicaon,^[14] Iphidamas,^[15] Laodamas,^[16][17] Laodocus,^[18] Medon,^[19] Polybus,^[6][20] and Thersilochus.^[19]

Mythology

In the Iliad, he confronted Agamemnon over the body of his brother Iphidamas and wounded the opponent in the arm, but Agamemnon struck back and chopped Coön's head off.^[21] The fight between Agamemnon and Coön was depicted on the chest of Cypselus according to Pausanias.^[22]